Compound Microscope, late 18th Century, with case and components

Made:: 1767-1800 in London

maker:: Dollond family and John Cuff

Cuff model microscope made by Dollond in conical mahogany case, lock and key, with extra drawer under containing part of a solar microscope. (with accessories)

Details

Category:: Microscopes

Object Number:: 1913-273

Materials:: brass, glass, mahogany, rosewood, ivory, mica, silk, steel, leather, textile and complete

Measurements:: overall: 395 x 170 x 160 mm

type:: microscopes and compound microscopes

credit:: Court, Thomas Henry

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Cuff model microscope made by Dollond

Cuff model microscope made by Dollond (fitted with mirror, above-stage condenser lens, and specimen mounting tweezers), with accessories in drawer in base (comprising four objective lenses, ivory talc case, spring stage for slides, fishskin case containing five ivory multiple slides, brass fish plate, brass tube for mounting lieberkuhn, silver lieberkuhn stored in brass case, lens in wooden mount (a cuckoo).

Materials:: ivory , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , silver (metal) and mahogany (wood)

Object Number:: 1913-273 Pt1

type:: microscope

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Conical mahogany case for Cuff-type microscope

Conical mahogany case with lock and key, for Cuff-type microscope by Dollond.

Materials:: mahogany

Object Number:: 1913-273 Pt2

type:: microscope

Components from Cuff-type microscope case drawer

Drawer from bottom of case for Cuff-type microscope, containing parts of a solar microscope (comprising body tube in two parts, two screws with knurled heads, three field (?) lenses in brass sliders, five objective lenses in brass mounts (four of them with screw covers), two other lenses and one lens shield (?)).