Compound monocular with sliding tube for coarse adjustment, micrometer screw for fine focus, inclination joint, rectangular stage covered with vulcanized rubber, sub-stage iris diaphragm, sub-stage mirror, horseshoe base, and wooden box with extra lenses. The inscription on the base reads “Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. / NEW YORK ROCHESTER, N.Y. CHICAGO.” The 24845 serial number indicates a date of around 1896. Bausch & Lomb termed this stand a Continental B; this example is of the simplest form. An inscription on a knob reads "Pat. Feb. 16, 1897."
Ref: Bausch & Lomb, Microscopes and Accessories (Rochester and New York, 1895), pp. 4-5.
Ref: Edward Bausch, “Microscope,” U.S. Patent 577,344 (Feb. 16, 1897), assigned to Bausch & Lomb Optical Company.
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