![]() ![]() Out of alignment before I opened them up, but having teased the chipped prism up a touch that seems to have sorted the alignment - well when you get the eyepiece in the correct plane. Oh dear.Ĭleaned the lenses in and out then put it back together while I decide what to do and gave them a test. The carrier arm has broken at the hinge loop. Dioptre was smooth and sticking, closer inspection shows why that was They arrived yesterday and initial look were a bit grubby but intact.Įyecup was definately off and sorting the grub screws it refitted ok, tho I note the plastic body has a split so this will need attention. ![]() Figuring it may just be loose grub screws I figure take a punt. So I recently bought a pair of Swift Audubon HR/5 which from the description had the dioptre eyepiece cup detached. A brass plaque to the top of the case reads John Wilson MANCHESTER.Not sure if this should be in DIY or here under binos, mods feel free to move if you feel the need The mahogany case has some blue felt padding and a brass carrying handle. objectives in brass canisters an objective extension sleeve two further substage condensors a brass canister with three oxidised-brass substage aperture discs and stage-mounted forceps. Accessories include: two pairs of eyepieces, stamped A and C two other eyepieces Swift ¼, ½, 1 and 4in. ![]() The limb tilts between two uprights on the raised oxidised-brass U-shaped foot between the two uprights is cross-bar to balance the microscope in a horizontal position, stamped with the Swift emblem. Beneath the stage is the substage condensor mount with Abbe condensor and diaphragm, adjustable via rack and pinion, and the plano-concave substage mirror. It is mounted on a curved, oxidised-brass limb to which is also mounted the circular mechanical stage. The lacquered-brass binocular body-tube has rack and pinion focusing and eye piece adjustment, micrometer fine adjustment, Wenham prism box and a double nosepiece. ![]() 81 TOTTENHAM COURT R D, LONDON, Challenge model, in a fitted mahogany carrying case - 41.2cm (16¼in.) high A good late 19th-Century English compound binocular microscope, ![]()
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