overall: 32.9 cm x 10.2 cm x 16 cm; 12 15/16 in x 4 1/32 in x 6 5/16 in
Object Name:
microscope
Other Terms:
microscope; Monocular; Compound
Place made:
United States: New York, Rochester
Associated place:
United States: New York, Rochester
Date made:
1895-1898
Description:
Bausch & Lomb introduced their Small Continental in 1891. This example is a New Continental BB of the sort introduced three years later. It is a compound monocular with coarse and fine focus, double nosepiece (one is missing), inclination joint, large rectangular stage with vulcanite top, sub-stage iris diaphragm, sub-stage two-sided mirror, and large horseshoe base. The inscription on the base reads “Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. & NEW YORK CITY.” The 16666 serial number, on a circular tag on the back of the base, indicates a date of 1894.
Ref: Henry Bausch, “New American Microscopes, made by Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N.Y.,” <i>Proceedings of the American Society of Microscopists</i> 13 (1891): 116-119.
“A New Continental Microscope,” <i>Proceedings of the American Society of Microscopists</i> 15 (Oct. 1894): 12-14.
Bausch & Lomb, <i>Microscopes and Accessories</i> (Rochester and New York, 1895), pp. 4-5.