Monocular and binocular microscope

Made:
1869 in London
Monocular and binocular microscope, patented and made by S

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Monocular and binocular microscope, patented and made by S
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Monocular and binocular microscope, patented and made by S. Holmes, England, 1869

Details

Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A56780
Materials:
body tubes, brass, limb, brass, stage, brass, stand, brass, lamp reservoir, brass, lenses, glass and prism, glass
Measurements:
overall: height 347 mm
body tube: length 220 mm
limb, maximum: width 98 mm
limb, to stage: height 174 mm
between focusing screws: width 137 mm
stand, to centre of focusing screws: height 108 mm
stand: length 164 mm
stand: width 155 mm
retort for reservoir: height 157 mm
reservoir: height 64 mm
type:
compound binocular microscopes
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)