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Compound microscope
    • Setting:
      Room XIV
    • Inventor:
      Giovanni Battista Amici
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Italian
    • Date:
      1832-1862
    • Materials:
      brass
    • Dimensions:
      height 357 mm
    • Inventory:
      3385
    • Compound microscope (Inv. 3385)

This compound microscope, of the type made by Giovanni Battista Amici, is mounted on a tripod. The limb supporting the illumination mirror, stage, and body-tube is fixed to the tripod by means of a compass joint. The stage is fitted with a micrometer for lateral movement. The stage moves by rackwork for focusing. An articulated arm holds a prism for illumination. The eyepiece is incomplete.