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Microscope Museum Collection of antique microscopes and other
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Microscope
141 (unassigned
maker; pocket microscope with wire stand and mirror;
late 19th to early 20th centuries)
Microscope 141 is a simple pocket
microscope from c. 1900 to early 20th centuries (Figure 1). This
microscope has a wire stand and mirror and is engraved ‘Made in Germany’.
These kinds of microscopes had a single simple lens with a magnification of
50x and a recess into which a slide could be fitted for examination. The two
protruding bars attach to a spring within the instrument that hold the slide
in place once it is inserted. The eyepiece of the microscope can then be
moved in and out to focus the image of the object of interest. Microscopes
like this example became popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
and were manufactured mainly in France and Germany.
Figure 1. The ‘Universal-Standmikroskop’ as pictured in an advert from the
early 20th century. References Petit microscope universel
avec support Universal-Standmikroskop (http://www.lecompendium.com/dossier_optique_112_universal_standmikroskop/universal_standmikrokop.htm),
las accessed on 16.01.2021 BRASS CYLINDER
MICROSCOPES FROM THE 2ND AND 3RD QUARTER OF THE 20TH CENTURY (https://www.microscope-antiques.com/mikro.html), last accessed on
25.10.2020 SIMPLE MICROSCOPE
OUTFIT C. 1885-1905 (http://www.microscope-antiques.com/waechtertaschen.html), last accessed on
02.09.2020 Microscope universel de poche avec loupe (http://www.lecompendium.com/dossier_optique_07_tachen_mikroskop/taschenmikroskop.htm), last accessed on
02.09.2020 Microscopes de poche
– II (http://www.lecompendium.com/dossier_optique_05_microscopes_de_poche_2/microscopes_simples_partie_2.htm), last accessed on
02.09.2020 Universal-Standmikroskop (https://sites.google.com/site/coleccionguillermocrovetto/home/microscopios-simples/universal-standmikroskop-1),
last assessed on 11.09.2021 LAST
EDITED: 11.09.2021 |
