Van Heurck compound monocular microscope

Maker
W Watson & Sons (estab. 1837, closed 1969)
Date
Circa 1890
Description
Microscope with rack and pinion coarse focus adjustment and screw fine adjustment, square revolving stage with mechanical attachment and condenser, revolving triple nosepiece, pack and pinion drive on the draw tube. Serial number 4812.

The microscope was used by Samuel Connor M.B. (Queen's University, Ireland, 1881).
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Object detail

Maker

W Watson & Sons (estab. 1837, closed 1969)

Date

Circa 1890

Medium

brass, glass, paint

Measurements

29.1 x 20.7 x 21 cm

Accession Number

MHM00034

Credit line

Previously The University of Melbourne Collection, gift of the Misses Connor, 1968

Inscriptions

maker's mark ▫ foot marked: 'W. WATSON & SONS, 313 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON./4812' ▫ apparatus
specifications/maker's mark ▫ marked: '1 in 0.21 N.A. W. WATSON & SONS. LONDON' ▫ objective lens

Object Type

equipment
instruments/microscopes

Medical History Museum Category

Scientific Equipment

Museum

Medical History Museum