Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., patent Jan. 21, 1879,  #4819

Student model microscope with Wale limb, c. 1887

Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., patent Jan. 21, 1879,  #4819. Student model microscope with Wale limb.

Extracted from the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 1886:

 

 

 

Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.'s New Student Microscope. The Bausch & Lomb Optical Co have issued the low-priced microscope shown in fig. 201. It is constructed on the Wale principle of concentric inclination of the arm, by which the instrument becomes more firm the further it is inclined. It also has a new roller motion for the fine adjusment, and a revolving diaphragm fixed to a separate arm so that it can be swung out of the optic axis. The concave mirror is attached to a bar, the axis of which lies in the plane of the stage, so that illumination may be directed on the object from any point below or above the stage. The base and arm are japanned, the latter being fastened at any desired angle by means of  milled heads in the pillars.

 

Gundlach patent Jan. 21, 1879    

The method used to incline this microscope is based on that of the "New Working Microscope" first introduced by George Wale.

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