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Compound Microscope with Accessories and Case by A. Ross. London. c. 1853

Inventory Number 10700


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10700

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970. Presented to the RMS by Mrs L . E. Bowell on the 19th of February 1947.
Primary inscriptions
"A. ROSS LONDON No 520"
Other inscriptions
Paper label on door of case "Roy. Micros. Soc."
Object type
Microscope
Dimensions
Weight: 23kg
Inventory No
10700
Accession Number
1970-101

Description

Compound microscope with draw tube, three dark wells and holder, parabolic condenser, camera lucida, five eyepieces, seven objectives, lens system in eyepiece cap, two live boxes, specimen compressor, copper alloy setting for a lens, two polarisers, hand microtome, copper alloy collar, substage mount for filters, stage plate, frog plate, second substage mirror, quadruple nosepiece objective changer, goniometer, stage forceps, concave side reflector, housing for an analyser, additional stage, two glass plates, copper alloy cylinder, eyecap analyser and case.