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Compound 'Student's' Microscope, by Charles Baker, London, Late 19th Century

Inventory Number 84250


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.84250

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970 Presented to the Royal Microscopical Society by Alfred Ernest Harris, October 1934
Primary inscriptions
"BAKER, 244 High Holborn LONDON." on body
Physical material
Brass and glass
Dimensions
Height: 420mm
Inventory No
84250
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

This student's microscope has a Y-shaped Ross-type base and curved trunnions holding the heavy limb. Under the stage is a collar with a four-aperture idsc. There is a plano-concave mirror fixed to a collar sliding over the round lower limb. The nosepiece thread is Society standard. There is an additional eyepiece but no objectives are present.