A BENJAMIN MARTIN MICROSCOPE COMPENDIUM WITH SOLAR, SIMPLE AND COMPOUND MICROSCOPES: -The Solar Microscope
MAKER: BENJAMIN MARTIN
c. 1760's
SIGNED: Martin Invt. et Fecit London. No. 9.
The solar microscope is in the usual three sections, the plate and mirror housing, the first part of the barrel with a condenser lens, the final focusing barrel with sprung specimen slot, rack work focusing, and a dovetail recess for the slider with 6 lenses.