compound microscope
Date: circa 1760
Inventory Number: 1223
Classification: Microscope
Dimensions:34 × 16 × 16 cm (13 3/8 × 6 5/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
box: 12.7 × 20.3 × 17.1 cm (5 × 8 × 6 3/4 in.)
Accessories: Objective and (fixed ) ocular; spring stage.
Description:
This is a compound microscope with an optical assembly made of ebony with ivory rings. It has a fixed objective and ocular lens. The body is held in a brass ring that travels on a brass pillar to which is also attached the stage and substage mirror. The base is made of turned ebony.