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Cary-Gould style Simple Microscope

Item

Title

Cary-Gould style Simple Microscope

Description

The Cary-Gould style microscope is made of lacquered brass. The simple microscope has a circular support pillar that screws into the top of the case, which acts as the base. The coarse focusing is achieved by extending the arm higher or lower via a rack and pinion mechanism. The fixed stage is detachable to fit the microscope into the case and has two stage clips to secure the slides. Unusually, the microscope does not have a substage mirror. The mahogany case is fitted to hold the instrument. The case has sections to hold various accessories, and the inside of the lid is lined with purple velvet. The top of the lid has a brass fixture for the pillar to screw into. The case is secured with two swing clips.

The microscopes comes with the following accessory: 1 brass objective.

Condition:

Cosmetically: The lacquered brass is discolored from age and use and the stage is rusted from age.
Optically: The lenses are clear and functional.
Mechanically: The objective in the top arm is extremely stiff and cannot be unscrewed.

Subject

Microscopes

Creator

Unsigned

Source

Dean Reynolds Microscope Collection Powerpoint.
http://golubcollection.berkeley.edu/19th/175.html

Publisher

UNC Charlotte

Date

c. 1825-1875

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

Microscope: 4 1/2" closed (excluding base), 7"( including base.) 6 1/2" extended (excluding base), 9" tall (including base.)
Case: 5 3/4" x 3 1/4" x 2 1/4"

Language

N/A

Type

Three-dimensional object

Identifier

100425

Coverage

Unknown

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