AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY LACQUERED-BRASS SIMPLE MICROSCOPE,

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AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY LACQUERED-BRASS SIMPLE MICROSCOPE,
UNSIGNED, PROBABLY BY W & S JONES, THE SQUARE SECTION PILLAR INCORPORATING THE UPPER LIMB WITH THREE MAGNIFIERS, THE STAGE WITH LIVE-BOX, LOWER SPRUNG SLIDE HOLDER, STAGE FORCEPS, LIEBERKUHN, AND THREE IVORY SLIDERS WITH FOUR SPECIMENS EACH, THE STAGE WITH FRICTION COARSE ADJUSTMENT AND TANGENT SCREW FINE ADJUSTMENT, MOUNTED ON AN OVAL EBONY BASE AND CONTAINED IN THE ORIGINAL DEEP-GREEN PLUSH-LINED DOMED FISHSKIN-COVERED CASE WITH TWO BRASS HOOKS AND EYES -- 4.5/8IN. (11.7CM.) WIDE

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CF: G L'E TURNER THE GREAT AGE OF THE MICROSCOPE, LONDON 1989. TURNER ILLUSTRATES ON P 267 A SIMILAR SIMPLE MICROSCOPE (NO. 285), SIGNED W & S JONES HOLBORN LONDON, ANOTHER SIMILAR INSTRUMENT, UNSIGNED, BUT ATTRIBUTED TO W & S JONES IS ILLUSTRATED (287)

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