Accession No

6744

Brief Description

Cooke McArthur extreme terrain field microscope, by McArthur Microscopes Ltd., English, 1959 (c)

Origin

England; London; W1; 30 Portman Square

Maker

McArthur Microscopes Ltd.

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1959

Latest Date

1959

Inscription Date

Material

metal (aluminium alloy, stainless steel, copper alloy); glass

Dimensions

50mm (width), 101mm (depth), 82mm (height)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Charles Miller Ltd. in December 2021.

Inscription

COOKE MCARTHUR [on illuminator cover]

MCARTHUR [beneath illuminator]

MCARTHUR MICROSCOPES LTD.
30, PORTMAN SQUARE
LONDON W1 [on the backplate]

P.D. SCOTT MAXWELL [on the side]

Description Notes

Cooke McArthur extreme terrain field microscope, by McArthur Microscopes Ltd., English, 1959 (c).

Light and compact handheld microscope made of brushed and ebonised aluminium alloy, which comes with several accessories. The electric illuminator slides off the top and its black lid slides off too. The eyepiece can be removed and taken apart. The condenser is adjusted by twisting it and can be removed entirely. The two stage clips slide out. The objective plate slides out; it has fitted spaces for three objectives but only contains one. Two screws on the side can be unscrewed to remove mirror fitting.

List of parts:
- Microscope body
- Electric illuminator (2 parts, batteries not present)
- CTS (Cooke, Troughton and Simms) 8x eyepiece (3 parts)
- Eyepiece holder
- Condenser with adjustable iris diaphragm
- Two stage clips (2 parts)
- Objective plate
- One objective
- Mirror fitting containing built-in mirrors
- Two screws securing mirror fitting (2 parts)

Incomplete (two objectives missing)

References

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