A Large & Impressive Ross No.1 Binocular Microscope Outfit

A Large & Impressive Ross No.1 Binocular Microscope Outfit, English, c.1870, signed to the rear of the foot ‘ROSS, LONDON 3448’, Standing on a massive ‘Y’ shaped base with tall uprights supporting the microscope body on massive trunnions with friction break, large plano-concave mirror in articulated arm on sliding collar, fully mechanical substage with screw X-Y control, engraved scale with vernier, crown and pinion gear, with rack and pinion focusing, large mechanical stage with engraved scale around the edge, crown and pinion gear, X-Y control via rack and screw, large rectangular bar with rackwork to the rear, bar limb incorporating fine focusing mechanism, Wenham prism in pull out brass drawer, binocular eyepieces engraved at the base ‘WENHAMS BINOCULAR By Ross, London’ with inter-ocular rackwork to the top, in a large mahogany case with the following accessories; A 3in objective in a can engraved ‘Ross London’. A 1in objective in a can engraved ‘Ross London’. A 1/2in objective in a can engraved ‘Ross London’ A 1/5in objective in a can engraved ‘Ross London’. A double nosepiece engraved ‘Ross London’. A pair of low power eyepieces engraved ‘A’. A pair of medium power eyepieces engraved ‘B’. An eyepiece engraved ‘C Kelners Orthoscopic, Ross London’. An eyepiece engraved ‘C’. An eyepiece engraved ‘E’. An eyepiece engraved ‘F’. An ‘English’ length monocular bodytube. A ‘European’ length monocular bodytube. A Stage mounted side reflector. A stage mounted clamp. A stage mounted bulls-eye condenser. A large compressor engraved ‘Ross London’. A pair of Leiberkuhns An analyser A substage polariser with 3 selenite disks. A substage wheel of stops. A substage Wenham-type parabolic condenser. A very large table bulls-eye condenser.