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LicenseCompound monocular microscope in case (lacks handle)
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Compound monocular microscope in case (lacks handle), signed by Keyzor and Bendon, 50 High Holborn, London, England, 1851-1900, with substage mirror, three-component objective lens, eyepiece and tweezers; modified with the addition of a substage polarizer (Nicol prism) (no analyser) and a sleeve over the stage; with a live box (? incomplete) and a bulls eye condesner lens on a telescopic stand for top illuminations (not original accessories).
Details
- Category:
- Microscopy (Wellcome)
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A169728
- Materials:
- lenses, glass, body tube, brass, limb, brass, stage, brass, stand, iron, cast and painted and box, walnut, foreign
- Measurements:
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overall: height 270 mm
body tube: length 182 mm
body tube: diameter 22 mm
limb: length 160 mm
stand: height 92 mm
stand: width 93 mm
foot: length 120 mm
box: height 255 mm
box: width 113 mm
box: length 151 mm
- type:
- student microscopes and nicol prism
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
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