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Three 19th-Century monocular microscopes,
two in cases
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A lacquered-brass and black enamelled monocular microscope signed by SWIFT & SON LONDON. The barrel has rack and pinion focusing with micrometer fine adjustment, sliding aperture adjustment (with two settings), a sliding prism mount and a second sliding lens mount. A collar at the base of the barrel rotates to reveal a light aperture above the double nosepiece. The circular stage has a degree scale around the circumference, substage condensor and plano-concave mirror. The instrument tilts on an axis between two uprights to the black enamelled U-shaped foot. In the fitted wooden carrying case are one eyepiece and Swift 1in. and ¼in. objectives in brass canisters. The case has an iron carrying handle -- 38.1cm. (15in.) wide;
and a large polished brass monocular microscope with rack and pinion focusing, micrometer fine adjustment, simple stage, substage condensor mount and plano-concave mirror, raised on a black-enamelled Y-shaped foot, with a brass plaque for J.A. PICKLES. It is contained in a wooden carrying case along with a brass table-standing microscope lamp with a lens and burner attachment. The case has a key and a modern sparkled amber carrying handle -- 38.8cm. (15¼in.) high
and a lacquered-brass and grey-enamelled monocular microscope by W. WATSON & SONS 313 High Holborn LONDON. The barrel has rack and pinion adjustment to the graduated eyepiece tube and rack and pinion focusing and micrometer fine adjustment to the main barrel. Below the mechanical stage a a condensor mount and plano-concave mirror. The instrument tilts on an axis on a raised tripod stand. (3)
two in cases
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A lacquered-brass and black enamelled monocular microscope signed by SWIFT & SON LONDON. The barrel has rack and pinion focusing with micrometer fine adjustment, sliding aperture adjustment (with two settings), a sliding prism mount and a second sliding lens mount. A collar at the base of the barrel rotates to reveal a light aperture above the double nosepiece. The circular stage has a degree scale around the circumference, substage condensor and plano-concave mirror. The instrument tilts on an axis between two uprights to the black enamelled U-shaped foot. In the fitted wooden carrying case are one eyepiece and Swift 1in. and ¼in. objectives in brass canisters. The case has an iron carrying handle -- 38.1cm. (15in.) wide;
and a large polished brass monocular microscope with rack and pinion focusing, micrometer fine adjustment, simple stage, substage condensor mount and plano-concave mirror, raised on a black-enamelled Y-shaped foot, with a brass plaque for J.A. PICKLES. It is contained in a wooden carrying case along with a brass table-standing microscope lamp with a lens and burner attachment. The case has a key and a modern sparkled amber carrying handle -- 38.8cm. (15¼in.) high
and a lacquered-brass and grey-enamelled monocular microscope by W. WATSON & SONS 313 High Holborn LONDON. The barrel has rack and pinion adjustment to the graduated eyepiece tube and rack and pinion focusing and micrometer fine adjustment to the main barrel. Below the mechanical stage a a condensor mount and plano-concave mirror. The instrument tilts on an axis on a raised tripod stand. (3)
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