Collins Compound binocular microscope, C 1870

Collins Compound binocular microscope, C 1870

Stock Number: 360921-15

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Dimensions

41 cm High

Circa

C 1870

Country of manufacture

UK and Ireland

Categories: Scientific, Microscopy

Description

A CHARLES COLLINS BRASS COMPOUND BINOCULAR MICROSCOPE, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1870.
 
The microscope is signed with C. Collins Optician 77 Gt. Titchfield Street London, with rack and pinion and lever and screw focusing, mechanical stage and plano/concave mirror. 41 cm high.
 
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