Antique Scientific Instruments

Gould type microscope Circa 1850

Gould type microscope Circa 1850
Gould type microscope Circa 1850
Gould type microscope Circa 1850
Gould type microscope Circa 1850
Gould type microscope Circa 1850
Gould type microscope Circa 1850
Gould type microscope Circa 1850
Gould type microscope Circa 1850
Gould type microscope Circa 1850

Gould type microscope Circa 1850
This is a 5 cm x 19 cm x 13 cm mid-19th-century field microscope in a felt-lined fitted mahogany carrying case. The brass body-tube seen fitted into place in the most distal section of the fitted case has two parts (cylindrical and conical). The objective lens sits at the end of the conical section and is screwed into place into the brass receptacle at the top of the saw tooth pillared arm of the microscope.

The eyepiece is then screwed into place at the top of the conical end of the body tube. The sawtooth arm is fixed below into a tripartite brass base of footing and is meant to be used in a vertical position only without the ability for the instrument to sit at an angle for the viewer. There is round stage, seen with two brass extensions which are attached to the focusing brass knob which currently sits at the top of the arm. The knob and the stage moves along the pillar by a rack-and-pinion mechanism using the saw teeth as individual gears. There is also a reflecting mirror with its iron pin which fits into the base of the arm and would reflect the source of light, often the sun itself or a flame at night.

Accessories include three rectangular ivory racks of slides, some already filled with seeds and insects. The slides in the racks can be flat for hard specimens and concave for liquids that contain specimens. Extra lenses, brass stage forceps, and two knives: one an ivory-handled scalpel style and the other a tortoiseshell handled steel knife marked for the surgical instrument maker and supplier, Bell & Moody, originally of Bath, England. These are used for dissection of flora and fauna.

The kit is complete although the mahogany case is damaged with an age crack and the lid and lock are broken. The brass surfaces have some speckling from oxidation. The item "Gould type microscope Circa 1850" is in sale since Friday, September 4, 2020. This item is in the category "Antiques\Science/Medicine\Scientific Instruments". The seller is "emrig-57" and is located in Bath. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom.
Gould type microscope Circa 1850