- Subject
- Microscopy
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Charles Baker
- 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.
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