- Subject
- Microscopy
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Deposited by the Royal Microscopical Society with their collection.
- Primary inscriptions
- Unsigned and undated
- Inventory No
- 24696
- Accession Number
- 1970-101/part
Description
A small toy microscope mounted on a black-painted cast iron base. The instrument stands on two legs with pivoting joints controlled by tightening screws. A stage with two clips is attached to the top of the legs, through which a pillar is mounted. An arm mounted on the pillar holds a barrel tube. At one end of the barrel, a non-achromatic button objective is present and at the other end is a Huygenian eyepiece. A mirror in horse shoe mount is attached to the lower end of the pillar.
