Microscope outfit including Powell and Lealand microscope

Microscope outfit including Powell and Lealand microscope

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Microscope outfit including Powell and Lealand microscope, attachments, accessories, slides and correspondence, belonging to F.C.S. Roper F.R.M.S. 1846-1870

Details

Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Object Number:
1981-1827
type:
compound monocular microscopes
credit:
Cowen, B.C.

Parts

Compound monocular microscope

Compound monocular microscope

Compound monocular microscope, brass, with mahogany case and stand, made by Powell and Lealand, 4 Seymour Place, London, England, 1850.

Measurements:
with draw-tube retracted, and limb vertical and: height 362 mm
Materials:
brass
Object Number:
1981-1827 Pt1
type:
microscopes
Achromatic focussing condenser

Achromatic focussing condenser

Achromatic focussing condenser, brass and glass, inscribed, made by Powell and Lealand, London, 1850-1860

Measurements:
length 83 mm
width 72 mm
thickness 63 mm
Materials:
brass and glass
Object Number:
1981-1827 Pt2
type:
condensers
Microscope substage with rotating disc aperture control

Microscope substage with rotating disc aperture control

Microscope substage with rotating disc aperture control, brass, 1850-860

Measurements:
total: length 64 mm
total: width 51 mm
Materials:
brass
Object Number:
1981-1827 Pt3
type:
microscope substages
Vertical illuminator with attached wheel of diaphragms

Vertical illuminator with attached wheel of diaphragms

Vertical illuminator with attached wheel of diaphragms, brass, 1850-1870

Measurements:
length 39 mm
width 31 mm
thickness 31 mm
Materials:
brass and glass
Object Number:
1981-1827 Pt4
type:
vertical illuminators
Wenham prism in leather case

Wenham prism in leather case

Wenham prism in leather case, 1850-1870

Measurements:
case: length 45 mm
case: width 25 mm
case: thickness 17 mm
Materials:
glass , brass , case, cardboard and case, leather
Object Number:
1981-1827 Pt5
type:
prisms
Microscope eyepiece

Microscope eyepiece

Microscope eyepiece, Huyghenian, brass and glass, 1850-1870

Measurements:
length 42 mm
max: diameter 35 mm
Materials:
brass and glass
Object Number:
1981-1827 Pt6
type:
microscope eyepieces
2 eyepiece micrometers

2 eyepiece micrometers

2 eyepiece micrometers, brass and glass, 1850-1870

Measurements:
without screw: length 87 mm
width 23 mm
thickness 5 mm
Materials:
brass and glass
Object Number:
1981-1827 Pt7
type:
eyepiece mictometers
2 brass Lieberkuhns with brass covers

2 brass Lieberkuhns with brass covers

2 brass Lieberkuhns with brass covers, 1850-1870

Measurements:
larger: diameter 38 mm
larger: length 28 mm
smaller: diameter 35 mm
smaller: length 21 mm
Materials:
brass
Object Number:
1981-1827 Pt8
type:
lieberkuhns
3 achromatic objectives

3 achromatic objectives

3 achromatic objectives, 1 1/2, 2/3 and 4/10, in brass cases, made by Smith & Beck, 6 Coleman Street, London, England, 1846-1852.

Measurements:
case, max.: height 55 mm
case, max.: diameter 32 mm
Materials:
brass and glass
Object Number:
1981-1827 Pt9
type:
microscope objectives
Achromatic objective

Achromatic objective

Achromatic objective, 1/4 inch, in brass case, presented to F.C.S. Roper, made by Ross, London, 1840-1855

Measurements:
case: height 59 mm
case: diameter 32 mm
Materials:
brass , copper , glass and case, brass
Object Number:
1981-1827 Pt10
type:
microscope objectives
Alternative 1/12 immersion front end for demountable objective

Alternative 1/12 immersion front end for demountable objective

Alternative 1/12 immersion front end for demountable objective, with brass case, 1860-1870

Measurements:
case: height 20 mm
case: diameter 20 mm
Materials:
brass , glass and case, brass
Object Number:
1981-1827 Pt11
type:
microscope objectives
Alternative front end for demountable objective

Alternative front end for demountable objective

Alternative front end for demountable objective, brass, 1840-1870

Measurements:
length 25 mm
diameter 16 mm
Materials:
brass , glass and covers, brass
Object Number:
1981-1827 Pt12
type:
microscope objectives
Case containing microscope accessories

Case containing microscope accessories

Case containing microscope accessories, parts 2 to 12, wood and brass

Measurements:
length 250 mm
width 175 mm
thickness 74 mm
Materials:
wood, polished and brass
Object Number:
1981-1827 Pt13
type:
microscope accessories case
Microspectroscope attachment

Microspectroscope attachment

Microspectroscope attachment, brass and glass, made by John Browning, London, 1860-1870

Measurements:
draw-tube retracted: length 205 mm
Materials:
brass and glass
Object Number:
1981-1827 Pt14
type:
microspectroscope
Mahogany case containing spectroscopic accessories

Mahogany case containing spectroscopic accessories

Mahogany case containing spectroscopic accessories, parts 14 to 16

Measurements:
case: length 385 mm
case: width 124 mm
case: thickness 112 mm
Materials:
mahogany and brass
Object Number:
1981-1827 Pt17
type:
spectroscopic accessories case