Microscopes for Mineralogical Research.
We construct two Microscopes for mineralogical investigations. Both are adapted for determining the axes of elasticity and for the differentiation of isotropic and anisotropic bodies. Stand I alone is adapted for determining the optical axes and their angles.
Only such objectives, condensers and oculars are available for mineralogical examinations as have been shown after careful examination in polarized light to be free from polarization.
Mineralogical Stand I.
Mineralogical Stand I.
| No. 37. | This microscope corresponds in its dimensions to Stand Ia as
described on page 31. Coarse adjustment by rack and pinion,
fine adjustment by micrometer-screw, the milled head of which
has 50 divisions, each representing a motion of the objective
of 1/100 mm. The condenser, iris-diaphragm and polarizer can
be raised and lowered by rack and pinion. A triple condenser
facilitates the observation of the axial lines in the microscope.
It is so arranged as to be easily replaced by a simple diaphragm-carrier.
By means of a collar attached to the end of
the tube the objective is brought into coincidence with the
centre of the revolving stage. This revolving stage is divided
into 360 degrees and fitted with a vernier and index.
Two scales on the stage, at right angles to each other,
permit accurate location of specimens. The Nicol prism,
which serves as a polarizer, can, after turning the iris-diaphragm
aside, be drawn out from under the latter.
The zero position of the Nicol prism is indicated by a
line, as well as the angles 90, 180, 270°. The analyser
is mounted in metal and is firmly fixed above the
eye-piece. The analyser rotates on a disc graduated to
360 deg. The front of the tube has a movable window
which provides access to the inner tube. In the latter
is an opening for the introduction of a Bertrand lens.
This lens serves the purpose of magnifying the interference
figures produced by the converging rays of
polarized light. This lens and the eye-piece can be
raised or lowered by rack and pinion. In the analyzer
is a slide for the insertion of gypsum and quartz plates
at an angle of 45 degrees. In many investigations it is advisable to employ an analyzer introduced laterally into the tube, instead of the one mentioned above. The following parts are supplied to complete the outfit: | |
| Triple nose-piece. Eye-piece 0, with Bertrand's quartered quartz plate. Eye-piece I with cross-lines, Brezina's Calcspath-plate, cleft perpendicularly to its axis, made to fit over eye-piece I, Klein's gypsum and quartz plates for insertion in the opening over the objective. Price of the stand with these accessories | $160.— |
| No. 38. | The same with eye-piece III, objectives 1, 3, 5, 7. 1/12 Oil-Immersion, magnifications 18—800 | $236.— |
| The new mechanical stage No. 98 (See page 78) can be fitted to the stand for the purpose of investigating large preparations and serial sections. Price | $28.— |