Year/Period |
ca. 1950 |
Maker |
REICHERT |
Country |
Austria |
Signature |
REICHERT / WIEN / Nr. 223 676 |
Category |
Microscopes |
Optical 1 |
Compound |
Optical 2 |
Achromatic |
Size of the box (h x w x d) |
36 × 22 × 26.6 cm |
Provenance |
Hans Swart, Delft, the Netherlands (former owner, medical doctor, psychiatrist Sint Joris Gasthuis, Egyptologist ) |
Inventory number |
SM 42 |
In wooden box.
Microscope stand type CSM with V-shaped foot, the limb can be inclined between two flanges which are integrally cast with the foot. Below the stage a mirror in a bracket and a condenser. The microscope has a square mechanical stage. In the limb the fine adjustment acting on the block between the limb and the body tube. The coarse adjustment with rack and pinion is mounted in this block. With a monocular body tube and a triple revolving nosepiece.
In the box another Huygens eyepiece, signed: ‘5×’ and ‘C Reichert Wien’.
With this microscope a collection of medical microscopical slides from the previous owner.