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A fine and rare early 19th-Century German lacquered-brass compound monocular chest microscope,
signed on the eared stage Utzschneider u. Fraunhofer in München, in a fitted mahogany case -- 26.7cm. (10½in.) wide
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The body-tube is connected to a sleeve with a turning screw which runs off the rack on the main pillar for vertical focus adjustment. The stage has one ear for accessory mounting, and a folding arm for a second tool. A shaped and pierced shade is fixed beneath and arranged to be moved out of the way if desired. The swivelling substage concave mirror is fixed to the pillar beneath this. The pillar is attached via a compass joint to one end of the box, which contains various accessories including: two unnumbered objective lenses which can be fitted separately or together, via a short connecting brass tube; two eyepiece attachments with three eyepiece lenses; a lens that can be inserted within the body tube; a hand-held magnifier on a short pierced brass sleeve, an unconnected [?]eyepiece lens, a live-box; and two lignum vitae sliders each with four cells, four of the eight in total with insect specimens. The box has dark brown velvet lining on the fittings and a brass key escutcheon (the key is missing).
signed on the eared stage Utzschneider u. Fraunhofer in München, in a fitted mahogany case -- 26.7cm. (10½in.) wide
See Colour Illustration and Detail
The body-tube is connected to a sleeve with a turning screw which runs off the rack on the main pillar for vertical focus adjustment. The stage has one ear for accessory mounting, and a folding arm for a second tool. A shaped and pierced shade is fixed beneath and arranged to be moved out of the way if desired. The swivelling substage concave mirror is fixed to the pillar beneath this. The pillar is attached via a compass joint to one end of the box, which contains various accessories including: two unnumbered objective lenses which can be fitted separately or together, via a short connecting brass tube; two eyepiece attachments with three eyepiece lenses; a lens that can be inserted within the body tube; a hand-held magnifier on a short pierced brass sleeve, an unconnected [?]eyepiece lens, a live-box; and two lignum vitae sliders each with four cells, four of the eight in total with insect specimens. The box has dark brown velvet lining on the fittings and a brass key escutcheon (the key is missing).
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