Horne Thornthwaite & Wood 123 Newgate Street London. Early achromatic monocular microscope, c.1848

Horne Thornthwaite & Wood 123 Newgate Street London

Early achromatic monocular microscope

c.1848

Horne Thornthwaite & Wood 123 Newgate Street London c.1848. Stored in the case.

Horne Thornthwaite & Wood 123 Newgate Street London c.1848. The wood case.

A Horne, Thornthwaite & Wood advertisement from 1845.

Horn hornthwaite and Wood advertisement 1845

The main focus utilized with this microscope operates on the stage by rack and pinion. The tube remains stationary and has a fine adjustment operated by the milled knob attached to the tube which moves the nosepiece. Another microscope by the same makers with a similar focusing arrangement can be found elsewhere on this website.

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