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VIII.32 Compound microscope
Maker: unknown
Place:English
Date:1855-c. 1880
Materials:brass
Dimensions:height 360 mm; box 206x151x257 mm
Current inventory:3798
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Compound microscope mounted on a Y-shaped foot. The body-tube is mounted telescopically on a tilting tube hinged to the foot. The tube carries the mirror and the stage fitted with micrometric movements. Coarse focus is by rackwork. Fine focus is by nosepiece lever. Also fitted with Nicol prisms that turn it into a polarizing microscope. The box contains glass slides with specimens and other accessories.

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