Field & Son Compound Microscope (#207 )
Made by: possibly Robert Field & Son
Made in: England
Thanks to Stuart L. Warter for this valuable information.
Field & Son Compound Microscope (#207 ) |
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Age: c1860 Made by: possibly Robert Field & Son Made in: England |
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| This microscope is an English Society of Arts Prize pattern microscope. Since compound microscopes at the time were prohibitively expensive for all but the most affluent, the Society of Arts offered a prize for an inexpensive, yet adequately equipped microscope for student use. The prize was awarded to the firm of Robert Field & Son of Birmingham in 1854. The design was successful and was imitated by other manufacturers throughout much of the rest of the Century. There was an additional prize for a simple microscope, also awarded to Field & Son for a portable box-mounted design*.
Thanks to Stuart L. Warter for this valuable information. |
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