Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2355Location: BostonDate / Time: March 24, 2007 10:00AM
Description:
Brass Binocular Microscope by Henry Crouch, London, No. 1358, with Wenham-pattern dividing tube, rack-and-pinion coarse focusing on limb and eyepieces, fine focusing on nose, camera lucida attachment, circular black glass stage, mechanical substage with condenser, and plano / concave mirror on swing-arm, on flared foot, ht. closed 14 1/2 in., (re-lacquered),in fitted mahogany case containing three eyepieces (two contemporary) in brass cannisters, a selection of eyepieces and accessories, wd. 15 1/2 in.
Estimate $800-1,200