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Spectroscopic Microscope Eyepiece with Bull's-eye Lens, Diagram and Case, by John Browning, London, Early 20th Century

Inventory Number 48027


Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Department of Zoology, Oxford, in 1984, per K. T. Marsland Esq.
Dimensions
Weight: 1300g
Inventory No
48027
Accession Number
1984-10/3

Description

Spectroscopic Microscope Eyepiece with Bull's-eye Lens, Diagram and Case, by John Browning, London, Early 20th Century. The spectroscopic microscope eyepiece has a copper alloy barrel with an eyepiece at one end, which unscrews and is open at the other end. It has a focus knob, a pull ½ slit, a slit fine adjustment and a side slit, a L.H. mask and a side prism mask. It is accompanied by a separate eyepiece with a diagonally-placed lens in a diamond-shaped hole and four rigid protruding twisted wire loops

There is also a bull's-eye lens on a pin with a ball at one end with a screw attachment.

A diagram drawn and written in blue ink and titled BECK SPECTROSCOPIC EYEPIECE" shows the controls on a pentagonal sheet of light blue paper.

The case is a wooden box with a hinged lid and a locking mechanism. It has compartments to hold the objects in place, a deep green plush lining and a separate shallow wooden tray, also with a deep green plush lining.