Bausch & Lomb brass continental microscope
- Rare Bausch Lomb B&L Vintage Antique Vertical Stereo Microscope Stereo microscope is made by Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. Rochester New York and has a serial number of 25432. The rare unique rotating flipping objectives are labeled B & L 40.0mm and 55.0mm. The eyepieces are 10X.
- This microscope is signed ”Bausch & Lomb Opt. Number, AK3160, indicates it was made in 1941. In 1929, Bausch & Lomb introduced a microscope having some novel features. It was called the DDE model. It represented their most advanced “Microscope for Research and Photomicrography”.
A turn-of-the-century continental pattern microscope signed 'Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, NY, 73350' on a brass disk on the base. The instrument measures 11 3/4' high in closed position. The serial number would date it to 1908. The microscope has two lenses, a 4mm and a 16mm, both in excellent condition with corresponding black brass canisters. Two eyepieces, a 5x and a 10x complete the set. Beneath the stage is a swing-out abbe sub-stage condenser with variable iris diaphragm and filter holder. Coarse focus is rack and pinion, fine focus with a micrometer dial and indicator on top of the limb. All controls function perfectly. The mirror is plano-concave and in excellent condition. The finish is lacquered brass with a black base. The lacquer is 100% coverage with only minimal spotting. The black base shows almost no wear. The instrument comes in its own matching wood case with metal carry handle and two slide-out drawers for objectives and eyepieces. The case is in very good condition with lock and key. This is a fine example of the Bausch & Lomb continental style microscope that was popular at the turn of the century.
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Up to 1942 Bausch & Lomb, Rochester USA used a numerical scheme when all of a sudden then they changed it to some cryptic two letter + digits scheme. As far as I know only the first letter is significant for the production date, the second is a code class for lenses, microscopes etc. The decoding is a s follows: A 1941 G 1963 N 1962 V 1944. Goodhertz vulf compressor for mac.
Bausch & Lomb Microscope Identification
Item 1066