Case-Mounted French Microscope, c. 1844

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Case-Mounted French Microscope, c. 1844
Attributed to the Parisian optician Noël François Joseph Buron, signature on tube "Made for McAllister Co. Philadelphia", original lacquered brass, height when mounted on the box 14 in., box dimensions 10 ½ x 6 x 3 ½ in., 1 lens, 1 eyepiece, substage pinhole aperture disc, mirror added, coarse and fine adjustment via a rack and pinion drive, mahogany box with a plaque reading "Presented to James Rodgers DD by the youth of his Congregation March 1856", drawer with removable tray.

Frühes französisches Kasten-Mikroskop, um 1844
Zugeschrieben dem Pariser Optiker Noël François Joseph Buron, Signatur auf dem Tubus "Made for McAllister Co. Philadelphia", original zaponiertes Messing, Höhe auf den Kasten montiert 36 cm, Kastenmaße 27 x 15 x 9 cm; 1 Objektiv, 1 Okular, Lochblendenscheibe unter dem Tisch, Spiegel ergänzt, Grob- und Feineinstellung durch einem Zahnstangentrieb, Mahagonikasten mit einer Plakette "Presented to James Rodgers DD by the youth of his Congregation March 1856", Schublade mit herausnehmbarem Tablett.

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Case-Mounted French Microscope, c. 1844

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