probably made in Edinburgh
000-100-102-802-C
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Microscope
This 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 side pillar on a 'drum' base. 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: |
000-100-102-802-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland T.1982.133 |
| Date: |
Around 1860
c. 1860
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| Material: |
Brass / wooden box. Inscription: Adie & Son, / Edinburgh
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| Dimensions: |
330 mm x 90 D; 260 mm x 135 mm x 100 mm
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| What: |
Microscope, compound / box
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| Who: |
Adie and Son (Inscribed on the microscope)
Adie and Son, Edinburgh (Maker)
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| Where: |
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
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| Description: |
Compound drum-type microscope in brass, contained in a fitted wooden box, probably by Alexander Adie and Son, Edinburgh, c. 1860
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| 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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