Watson and Sons folding portable microscope
£550
Circa
1900
Country of manufacture
UK and Ireland
Description
A good, clean portable folding microscope signed, ‘W. Watson & Sons Ltd, London, 17432’. It stands 22 cms when racked down, the inner draw tube with push / pull focussing and rack and pinion to the main tube. It has a sub stage diaphragm and condenser and a 42mm plano concave mirror. With fine focus thumb-wheel, two stage clips, one eye piece and two objectives: a Watson half inch and a Watson 3 inch.
The objectives screw into fixed holders inside the base of the case, the eye piece to a holder of the inner lid.
Unfortunately the lid has become detached. The case measures 18.5 x 9.3 x 12.2 cms
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Dealer information
Scientific Inspirations
Scientific Inspirations
I live in Lancashire (U.K.) and have been a dealer and collector of scientific and nautical instruments for a number of years. My stock has included some fine items from museums and colleges, which were surplus to their requirements. I occasionally purchase some interesting items from abroad, having established some reliable sources.
