Year/Period |
1870-1900 |
Maker |
ONBEKEND/UNKNOWN |
Country |
France |
Signature |
Unsigned |
Category |
Microscopes |
Optical 1 |
Compound |
Optical 2 |
Achromatic |
Size of the box (h x w x d) |
7.9 × 24 × 9.6 cm |
Size of the microscope (h x w x d) |
22 × 7 × 7 cm |
Provenance |
Sold by: T. Peacock, Auckland, New Zealand (label in the box) |
Inventory number |
SM 34 |
A simple compound microscope in a mahogany box.
On a square, lacquered base plate a round pillar is mounted, carrying halfway a simple square stage. Below the stage the flat mirror in a bracket. On top of the pillar a brass plate carrying the body with a sliding tube for focussing. There is a bull’s-eye lens for incident light.
The microscope has one ‘button’ type objective like they were made by Nachet, it consists of two achromatic doublets. There is a fixed Huygens eyepiece.
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