Powell & Lealand "No. 1" Stand Microscope

Microscopes

Microscopy—instrumentation

Diagnostic

Image 101-1665 (Cropped from Image 101-1498)

Used for viewing small organisms not visible to the naked eye

Metal microscope, which is taller and heavier than most microscopes. Manufactured in 1884, it represents perhaps the height of microscope design and craftmanship in England.

A polished brass microscope is shown against a light background. The instrument features a tall cylindrical body tube with a large focusing knob on the side and multiple objective lenses mounted on a rotating nosepiece. It has a mechanical stage with adjustment controls, several fine and coarse focus knobs, and a circular mirror mounted beneath the stage. The microscope stands on a three-legged brass base with angled supports.

Powell & Lealand (London, England)

McGuire Medical Instrument Collection

Health Sciences Library

State University of New York at Buffalo

1884

Merrilees, William H.

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48x29 cm

Microscope

Image

Still image

88.11.1

LIB-HSL001

No. 1 Stand Microscope

Stand microscope

11/4/2009

Brass and glass