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Horizontal Compound Microscope with Accessories and Box, by Charles Chevalier, Paris, Mid-19th Century

Inventory Number 35798


Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970.
Primary inscriptions
"Microscope achromatique Universel de Charles Chevalier, Ingénieur, Opticien, Breveté, Palais Royal, 163, PARIS."
Inventory No
35798

Description

Horizontal compound microscope with stage plate, three objectives, objective with Nicol prism analyser, substage Nicol prism polarizer, rectifying prism, bull's-eye lens, copper alloy cylinder with two lenses, pill-box with coverslips, glass slides and accessories box.