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MicroscopeThis brass monocular achromatic compound microscope was made by Powell & Lealand in London in 1847. It comes in a fitted case (not shown) with two objectives and one eyepiece. Accessories include a rack-focussing, plug-fitting, substage achromatic condenser, a low power condenser, darkwells, two liveboxes, compressoriums, stage forceps and eyepiece lucida. Hugh Powell (1799-1883) appears to have worked as a supplier for the instrument trade before he set up on his own and began, in 1840, to sign his microscopes 'Hugh Powell'. In 1842 he took his brother-in-law, Peter Lealand, into partnership, and thereafter instruments were signed 'Powell & Lealand'. They first produced their bar-limb instrument on a kettledrum tripod base in 1843, and it remained their basic design until the turn of the century. Powell & Lealand probably moved in 1847 from Clarendon Street to the address shown on a trade card contained in the accessories box: 4 Seymour Place, Euston Square, New Road, Opposite St Pancras Church. Powell first worked for his father-in-law, Peter Lealand, in a workshop on the edge of a slum area subsequently cleared by the advent of the railways; in 1841 it was so congested that the census officer was unable to obtain returns. Record detailsTo search on related items, click any linked text below.
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