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Charles Baker Compound Microscope

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Title

Charles Baker Compound Microscope

Description

The brass, compound microscope was designed by the Ross pattern with a Y-shaped foot screwed to a mahogany board which slides into the case. The stand is the Baker #2 stand advertised in 1862. The coarse focusing is operated by rack work and fine focusing by thumb-wheel on the nose-piece. The circular stage has a centering bar that slides along the stage for positioning the specimen. Below the stage is an adjustable Abbe condenser that moves with its own rack work and adjusting thumb screws. The condenser has a slide out holder for filters and the substage mirror is concave and one sided. The microscope has three eye-pieces of different magnification and is signed on the foot "Baker, 244 High Holborn, London." The mahogany case is fitted and has compartments to hold the objectives and slides.

The microscope comes with the following accessories: 2 objective lenses with brass canisters marked "Charles Baker," 1 script, 1 print marked "1 inch." 1 objective lens is marked "Seibert" and "#1." The other objective lens could be a "Baker 1 inch" and original to its canister. A double objective hanger for the nose-piece and a Lieberkuhn with extender and brass screw on cover. There are also 2 brass tweezers that fit into small accessory draw in case.

Condition:

Cosmetic: Good condition with original lacquer and only very small age spots on the Y-shaped foot and stage. Both objective lenses are in very good condition with clear optics, and almost all their original lacquer.
Optically: The lenses are clear and functional.
Mechanical: The microscope is functional.

Subject

Microscopes

Creator

Charles Baker

Source

Dean Reynolds Microscope Collection Powerpoint.
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/baker-victorian-antique-brass-134627654

Publisher

UNC Charlotte

Date

Circa 1862

Contributor

Laura Burgess

Rights

Texts and images from this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without prior permission from the Graduate Office, UNC Charlotte.

Relation

N/A

Format

Microscopes: 16 1/2" closed, 19" extended
Case: 17 1/2" x 8 3/4" x 6 3/4"

Language

N/A

Type

Three-dimensional object

Identifier

070422

Coverage

244 High Holborn, London, England

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