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Description: | Grey painted frame carrying two dimensional coordinate measurer by W. G. Pye. Central microscope on transverse carriage movable on a 2 mm pictch thread over 100 mm by handle and micrometer dial reading to 0.01 mm. Longitudinal motion provided by a 2 mm pitch thread over 200 mm also reading to 0.01 mm. Glass plate in base for support of objects. 2 inch focal length objective (though this could be changed). Supplementary eyepiec lens in small circular compartment at top left of containing box. Maker's plate "Made in England/ Pye scientific Instruments/ Serial No. 30528/ W. G. Pye and Co. Ltd./Granta Works Cambridge". A nice example in very good condition in original wooden carrying box with leather carrying handle and small paper label "30528". Frame sits on sliding wooden base in box. | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDNP University of Aberdeen, Natural Philosophy Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1950-1960 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | W. G. Pye and Co. Ltd | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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