Adams Microscope No. 17 Specimen Stage
Horizontal specimen stage fitted with a Bonanni spring stage, fish plate, and stage forceps.
Side view showing condenser "cone" and spring stage. The cone excluded "fuperfluous light that would difturb a critical obfervation of a curious object." (Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol XIV 1810).
Bottom view of condenser cone and circular specimen support plate. Clips (arrows) keep the specimen plate in place. They are shown in the "locked" position.
The specimen stage rotates 90°. As does the position of the microscope body limb.
