Accession No

5994

Brief Description

compound achromatic microscope, by W.Watson, mid-20th century

Origin

London

Maker

W.Watson and Sons, Ltd.

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1930

Latest Date

1960

Inscription Date

Material

metal (white metal, brass, steel); plastic; glass

Dimensions

height: 330mm; base length: 160mm; base width 135mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred by Estate Management and Building Services, University of Cambridge, on or before 08/04/2004. Previously the property of the now-defunct School of Agriculture at the University, these microscopes (5992, 5993, 5994) were discovered along with 11 others in a cupboard in the Cockroft lecture theatre.

Inscription

“Kima”
W.Watson & Sons Ltd.
London

Description Notes

Black-painted Watson microscope; rounded claw foot; arched limb; swinging plano-concave mirror on bar from limb; sub stage condenser with adjustable iris and pivoting diaphragm; square stage with two stage clips; double pinion coarse focus; fine focus on limb; eyepiece (10x magnification); triple nose-piece with two objectives present (labelled 2/3 and 1/6, and for x10 and x42 magnification).

Condition: good; complete.

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