Compound Compendious pocket microscope

Made:
1771
maker:
George Adams

Compound Compendious pocket microscope made by G. Adams (the Elder). Date 1771. In black fish-skin case with accessories

Details

Category:
Microscopes
Object Number:
1918-84
type:
microscope
credit:
Court, Thomas Henry

Parts

`Compound Compendious Pocket Microscope`, George Adams, c.1775

`Compound Compendious Pocket Microscope`, George Adams, c.1775

Compound Compendious pocket microscope made by G. Adams (the Elder), London, England. Date c.1775. With accessories; 13 slides, brass & bone aperture slides, 4 objective lenses, one spare rosewood eyepiece and ivory container for mica slide covers.

Measurements:
overall: 200 mm x x , 108 mm, .335kg
Materials:
copper (alloy) , glass , wood , ivory , bone and mica
Object Number:
1918-84 Pt1
type:
compond microscope
Case for compounnd compendious pocket microscope

Case for compounnd compendious pocket microscope

Black fish skin case for compound compendious pocket microscope made by G. Adams (the Elder)

Object Number:
1918-84 Pt2
type:
case - container