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Compound microscope
    • Setting:
      Room XIV
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Italian
    • Date:
      1832-1862
    • Materials:
      brass
    • Dimensions:
      height 370 mm, base diameter 87 mm
    • Inventory:
      2649
    • Compound microscope (Inv. 2649)
    • Compound microscope (Inv. 2649)

This compound microscope has a round base on which a square-sectioned pillar is mounted. The pillar hold the illumination mirror and the stage, whose position is adjusted for focusing by rackwork. Under the stage are a condenser and a diaphragm. A bull's eye lens is supported by an articulated arm. The eyepiece contains a Nicol prism.