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UNIVERSAL COMPOUND MICROSCOPE

MAKER: CHARLES CHEVALIER

c. 1840

SIGNED: 'Microscope Achromatique Universel, de, Charles Chevalier, Ingénieur Opticien, Palais Royal 163 Paris'


Chevalier Universal Microscope

Chevalier Universal MicroscopeThe prism assembly, left, can be removed to expose the part which can receive the prism assembly or alternatively the optical tube without the prism. The screw at the bottom of the recepticle serves as a register for the main tube, or a stop for the horizontal arrangement to travel from the usual position up to 90 degrees away.