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Description |
Wild Heerbrugg binocular compound microscope; U-shaped base with fixed, non-rotating arm; fine adjustment knob located near base with coarse adjustment below the stage; knobs move stage up and down; substage lamp with lens adjusted by moving a pair of screws; swing out loop for abbe condensor with knob on left side to adjust it up and down; stage is circular moveable type secured by three screws; curved arm supports round head and revolving nosepiece with slots for four objectives; twin mounted eyepieces 6XK; distance between eyepieces adjusted by rotating them on central pin; head rotates 360 degrees; back of arm and front of head signed "WILD HEERBRUGG SWITZERLAND." |
Catalog number |
2014.001.060 |
Notes |
The case is of blond wood. One of the felt lined braces has broken off but it is still in the box. There are some scratches and smudges inside of the box. The seams on the top and bottom of the box are separating. One of the drawers is missing, while the other is present and contains 1x mirror, 1x jar of immersion oil (broken) in holder, 4x stage clips, 1x blue glass piece, and 1x objective case (jammed). This device is another Wild Heerbrugg microscope in the Benyo collection. There is no condenser, and parts of the stage are missing. There are 2x eyepieces mounted, but no objectives in the 4 slot rotating nosepiece. The finish is quite good but incommplete. There is some sort of condenser mounted, but on the bottom frame below the Abbe condenser slot. Binocular head serial number 10907. |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Lexicon sub-category |
Optical T&E |
Collection |
Benyo Microscope Collection |
Search Terms |
European microscope European Europe microscope Microscopy Switzerland Compound binocular binocular head |
Accession number |
2014.001 |