Accession No

L2021.IN049.2

Brief Description

compound microscope, once belonging to zoologist Arthur Shipley, with an eyepiece lens belonging to biologist Francis Maitland Balfour, by Carl Zeiss, German, 1883

Origin

Germany; Jena

Maker

Carl Zeiss

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1883

Latest Date

1883

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel alloy); glass

Dimensions

with substage in place: 110mm (width), 127mm (depth), 310-394mm (height - adjustable)

Special Collection

Provenance

On loan from the Department of Zoology from December 2021. The microscope was made on 13th November 1883. Arthur Shipley purchased it directly from Carl Zeiss and received it on 7th February 1884.

Inscription

[On microscope body]
Carl Zeiss
Jena
No. 7100

[On eyepiece lens]
FMB
3

Description Notes

Compound microscope, once belonging to zoologist Arthur Shipley, with an eyepiece lens belonging to biologist Francis Maitland Balfour, by Carl Zeiss, German, 1883.

Brass and black-painted metal monocular, compound microscope on a Y-shaped stand. The body tube extends and the eyepiece lens can be removed. There is a rotating nosepiece with four objectives at the bottom of the tube. One stage clip is missing. The substage has a diaphragm and rotates horizontally. The mirror beneath the substage rotates.

Incomplete (one stage clip missing)

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