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Lot 217
A fine 19th-Century lacquered-brass compound binocular microscope,
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GBP 3,055
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A fine 19th-Century lacquered-brass compound binocular microscope,
signed on the foot EDMUND WHEELER LONDON, the double eyepieces with rack and pinion adjustment, the body-tube with rack and pinion focusing and micrometer fine adjustment, the mechanical stage with mechanical substage condensor with rack and pinion adjustment, and substage plano-concave mirror, in the original fitted mahogany case with accessory drawer, with two eyepieces, large bull's-eye condensor and stage forceps, the case -- 19in. (48.3cm.) high; with a separate mahogany accessory case containing objectives in brass cans by Swift including a 1/12 oil immersion, Ross, Crouch and Baker, an analyzing prism, numerous eyepieces, two shallow cans of shades, five various substage condensor attachments including a large prism and a large adjustable condensor with diaphragm, a brass Watson slide holder, and an unusual reflector on a brass rod in a shaped plush and silk-lined leatherette-covered case, the mahogany case -- 15¾in. (40cm.) wide
See Colour Illustration (part lot) (2)
signed on the foot EDMUND WHEELER LONDON, the double eyepieces with rack and pinion adjustment, the body-tube with rack and pinion focusing and micrometer fine adjustment, the mechanical stage with mechanical substage condensor with rack and pinion adjustment, and substage plano-concave mirror, in the original fitted mahogany case with accessory drawer, with two eyepieces, large bull's-eye condensor and stage forceps, the case -- 19in. (48.3cm.) high; with a separate mahogany accessory case containing objectives in brass cans by Swift including a 1/12 oil immersion, Ross, Crouch and Baker, an analyzing prism, numerous eyepieces, two shallow cans of shades, five various substage condensor attachments including a large prism and a large adjustable condensor with diaphragm, a brass Watson slide holder, and an unusual reflector on a brass rod in a shaped plush and silk-lined leatherette-covered case, the mahogany case -- 15¾in. (40cm.) wide
See Colour Illustration (part lot) (2)
A fine 19th-Century lacquered-brass compound binocular microscope,
signed on the foot EDMUND WHEELER LONDON, the double eyepieces with rack and pinion adjustment, the body-tube with rack and pinion focusing and micrometer fine adjustment, the mechanical stage with mechanical substage condensor with rack and pinion adjustment, and substage plano-concave mirror, in the original fitted mahogany case with accessory drawer, with two eyepieces, large bull's-eye condensor and stage forceps, the case -- 19in. (48.3cm.) high; with a separate mahogany accessory case containing objectives in brass cans by Swift including a 1/12 oil immersion, Ross, Crouch and Baker, an analyzing prism, numerous eyepieces, two shallow cans of shades, five various substage condensor attachments including a large prism and a large adjustable condensor with diaphragm, a brass Watson slide holder, and an unusual reflector on a brass rod in a shaped plush and silk-lined leatherette-covered case, the mahogany case -- 15¾in. (40cm.) wide
See Colour Illustration (part lot) (2)
signed on the foot EDMUND WHEELER LONDON, the double eyepieces with rack and pinion adjustment, the body-tube with rack and pinion focusing and micrometer fine adjustment, the mechanical stage with mechanical substage condensor with rack and pinion adjustment, and substage plano-concave mirror, in the original fitted mahogany case with accessory drawer, with two eyepieces, large bull's-eye condensor and stage forceps, the case -- 19in. (48.3cm.) high; with a separate mahogany accessory case containing objectives in brass cans by Swift including a 1/12 oil immersion, Ross, Crouch and Baker, an analyzing prism, numerous eyepieces, two shallow cans of shades, five various substage condensor attachments including a large prism and a large adjustable condensor with diaphragm, a brass Watson slide holder, and an unusual reflector on a brass rod in a shaped plush and silk-lined leatherette-covered case, the mahogany case -- 15¾in. (40cm.) wide
See Colour Illustration (part lot) (2)
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As catalogued. Lacquer good. No known faults. Minor chip to interior of case & no accessories. Accessory case with a couple of empty spaces. A nice thing.