probably made in Edinburgh
Add to albumThis brass microscope was made around 1860, probably by Alexander Adie & Son, scientific instrument makers based in Edinburgh. Microscopes of this type were relatively inexpensive and were often used by medical students.
The microscope is a compound type with a pillar support on a reversed-claw foot. It is signed below the eye-piece draw-tube 'ADIE & SON/ EDINBURGH'.
A series of student microscopes retailed by the firm Adie & Son at this period appear to have interchangeable optical parts and mechanical sub-assemblies.
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- Online ID: 000-100-102-742-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland T.1978.75
- Date: Around 1860
c. 1860
- Material: Wooden box. Inscription: ADIE & SON / EDINBURGH
Microscope, compound, monocular / objective / eyepiece / box
- Dimensions: 120 mm H x 280 mm x 185 mm
- What: Microscope, compound, monocular / objective / eyepiece / box
- Subject: 22. PHYSICS, Light (Departmental Classification)
- Who: Adie and Son, Edinburgh (Maker)
- Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
- Event:
- Description: Compound monocular microscope with one objective and two eyepieces, in a wooden box, made by Adie and Son of Edinburgh, c. 1860
- References:
- Clarke, T.N., Morrison-Low, A.D. & Simpson, A.D.C. Brass & glass scientific instrument making workshops in Scotland as illustrated by instruments from the Arthur Frank Collection at the Royal Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1989. pp 50,63
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