Microscope
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Title
Microscope
Description
The three scrolled legs support the stage; mounted separately on the base (missing in this model) is a concave mirror. The circular stage has a central aperture for illumination by transmitted light. Except for the wooden base, it is made entirely of brass.
Accessories:
- Objectives
- Ieberkuhn tube
- 4 glass slides; 6 ivory slides
- Stage condenser
- Forceps, stage forceps
- Bonanni spring stage
- Cone diaphragm brass live-box
- Fish plate
- Ivory talc box
Publisher
Donated by Ian Lawson, MD (1980) in memory of Helen Gunn Duchart who gave this to her son, Ian Lawson M.D. about 1938 (Scotland).
Date
c. 1790
Relation
In the BILLINGS MICROSCOPE COLLECTION catalog p. 18 AFIP 49050
Format
5" base, height 16 ½”
Identifier
BK001: Images 1292, 1296, 1297
Collection
Citation
“Microscope,” Hartford Medical Society Archives, accessed March 28, 2024, https://hartfordmedicalsociety.omeka.net/items/show/4.