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SCREWBARREL MICROSCOPE (Wilson-Hartsoeker Type):

c. 1725-1750, unsigned

screwbarrel with slidescrewbarrel with slide
These images illustrate the use of a slider with the screwbarrel microscope. Note the the slider fits between the two top plates of the stage. A small pair of indentations facilitate the placement of the slider between the plates, as does the tapered front of the slider itself. The indentations of the top two plates is actually best seen in the image to the right of the next paragraph.

screwbarrel with vial screwbarrel with slide These images illustrate the use of a vial with the use of the screwbarrel microscope. The vial is inserted between the bottom two plates to allow the V-groove in the bottom plate to keep the vial from moving.