- Subject
- Microscopy
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Charles Chevalier
- Provenance
- Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay with his collection.
- Primary inscriptions
- "Charles / Chevalier / Ingenieur Opticien / Brevete / Palais royal 163 / a Paris"
- Dimensions
- Height: 163mm Width: 55mm Depth: 40mm Weight: 234g
- Inventory No
- 39201
- Accession Number
- 1944-1/part
Description
Focusing is by a rack and pinion, which raises or lowers the body tube, guided by two steel screws fastened to it though vertical slots in the cylinder. The brass body tube carries the maker's inscription
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