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Compound Microscope, by Baker, London, 1868

Inventory Number 72330


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.72330

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Makers
Baker
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970.
Primary inscriptions
"BAKER, 244, High Holborn, LONDON"
Physical material
Brass
Dimensions
Height: 540mm
Inventory No
72330

Description

Trunnions mounted on a Y-shaped foot carry the bar limb. An arm extends from the top of the limb to hold the binocular body tube. Coarse focusing is by extending the limb on rackwork. There are two objectives in cans.