COMPOUND MICROSCOPE INSTRUCTIONS

MAKER:CARPENTER or CARPENTER & WESTLEY (Attrib)

MODEL: NEW IMPROVED COMPOUND MICROSCOPE FOR OPAKE AND TRANSPARENT OBJECTS

c. 1st Half 19th C.

A. Eyepiece
B. Moveable inner tube
C. Nose
D. Stage
E. Mirror
F. Focusing knob (Pinion nut)
G. Forceps (tongs)
H. Plane glass with brass rim for observing subjects like seaweed in liquid
I. Brass box to hold turpentine or gum water
K . Black disk slide
L. Hand magnifier
M. Lieberkuhn (silver speculum)
N. Objectives( magnifiers)
O. Substage light diffuser (dead glass for moderating light)
P. Camel hair brush (hair pencil for brushing the dust off)
Q. Needle with wood handle
R. Glass slide
S. Talc box
U. Wood slider of opake objects
V. ivory sliders (actually of bone)
W. Livebox (aquatic box)
Y. Stage forceps (plyers)