Compound and Simple Microscope with Accessories and Case, by George Adams, London, c. 1790

Compound and Simple Microscope, with Accessories and Case. The flat folding tripod carries a tapered pillar with a compass joint to the square sectioned limb. Focusing is by rackwork cut into the side of the limb and the stage has two wings for accessories. A collar caries the mirror and an arm holds the body tube. There is also a large wooden slider of the type usually found with lucernal microscopes. The case is mahogany. It also holds six objectives, a copper alloy ring on an arm, an eyepiece, two Lieberkühn a Lieberkühn holder and a cone condenser.