- Subject
- Microscopy
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Philip Carpenter
- Provenance
- Purchased for £1 from H. Whittell
- Primary inscriptions
- "Improved Compound Microscope by Carpenter, 24 Regent St London" on the body
- Object type
- Microscope
- Dimensions
- Weight: 3.9kg
- Inventory No
- 10248
Description
Improved Compound Microscope. A cylindrical pillar stands on a compass joint on a folding, flat tripod foot. A spring stage is attached to the pillar above a concaved mirror. The body tube pushes into a sleeve supported by a copper alloy ring attached to the top of the pillar. A rack and pinion on the side of the sleeve moves an inner cylinder, holding the body, up and down for focusing. The case is mahogany with brown velvet in the lid. The accessories in the case are eight objectives, a specimen compressor, a Lieberkühn and carrier, a lens in a copper alloy setting, a copper alloy talc box, a copper alloy canister with split-rings and mica disks, a container or shaker containing a dried unknown substance, a glass dish with a copper alloy rim, a diffusing glass, stage forceps and a bull's-eye lens on a stand with a circular, weighted base.
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