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
***some of these items are not present***

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

Files

1296-HMS-9-27-21-2.jpg
1297-HMS-9-27-21-3.jpg
1292-HMS-9-27-21.jpg

Collection

Citation

“Microscope,” Hartford Medical Society Archives, accessed March 28, 2024, https://hartfordmedicalsociety.omeka.net/items/show/4.

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