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Body Tube for Simple Microscope, by Charles Chevalier, Paris

Inventory Number 39201


Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
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