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Compound Microscope, by Andrew Ross, London, c. 1841

Inventory Number 85741


Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society.
Primary inscriptions
"Andrew Ross, Optician 33 Regent St Piccadilly. No 33"
Physical material
Brass
Dimensions
Height: 460mm
Inventory No
85741

Description

The circular base supports lead weighted for stability and supports a pillar with a compass mount for the limb with the plano-concave mirror, mechanical stage and the microscope body. Rackwork moves a dovetailed slide to which the body-tube is fixed. Fine focusing is by a short lever on the nosepiece. There is one objective in a can.