Microscope in Case with Accessories by H. Powell, London, 19th Century

Microscope by H. Powell. The instrument stands on a flat fixed tripod foot with a telescoping pillar and clamping screw. The limb is connected to the pillar by a compass joint. The body tube is screwed into an arm at the top of the pillar. There is a Plano-concave mirror connected to a sliding tube by a curved bracket. A stage and sub stage diaphragm disc are each attached by a pair of lugs. The instrument is housed in a mahogany case with four drawers of accessories, which include: a set of eyepieces, a set of objectives, a Lieberkühn, a simple lens, a vial holder, two live boxes, two glass discs, an ebony and cork disc, an aperture disc, three dark wells with a carrier, stage forceps, two cameras Lucida, a compass joint turn key, two threaded collars, a threaded cap, a stage, a sub stage diaphragm disc, a bulls eye lens, a box of ground glass plates, a set of glass sliders and thin sheet glass fragments.  Case contains 6 glass slides.