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MAKER: CHARLES BAKER COMPANY

MODEL: 'Nelson No. 2'

c. 1895

SIGNED:'C. BAKER, 244, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON'

SERIAL NUMBER: none

objectives1/16 objThere are three objectives with this microscope. They are housed in three original Baker cans, though one does not match the power of the objective within.
There is a 3 inch objective in a 1/4 inch can. The can is signed on its lid: 1/4 In, Baker, London. and 1/4 on the bottom of the can.  
The second is a 1 inch in a can signed 1 In Baker, London. The bottom of its can is signed 1. 
The third objective is a No VII Seibert immersion objective with correction collar.   It is signed   No VII, IMMERSION, SEIBERT . This objective has nickeled correction collar calibrated 0-9; below this, towards the distal end of the objective, there is a flattened area with an indicator line to show if the correction is set above or below the baseline. This correction collar functions very nicely. The top of the can is signed GERMAN OBJECTIVE, 1/16 In, Immersion, ____, C. Baker, Agent, LONDON. On the bottom the can is signed: 1/16. This objective, according to the 1895 Baker catalog, is designed for water immersion, and the correction collar was an extra charge.