Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Vintage and

A Collection of Vintage and Modern Educational Microscopes including Thomas Salter, Merit, and Motic Models - A collection of vintage and modern educational microscopes, primarily of British manufacture. The group includes a Thomas Salter Microscope Lab 1 set in its original illustrated retail box, featuring dual built-in specimen floodlighting and an accompanying manual. Also present is a Signalling Equipment Ltd. Students Microscope No. 2 in its original cardboard packaging, specified as having 70x magnification and including slides and metal forceps. A Merit Student Microscope by J & L Randall Ltd is included in its original box, featuring 100x magnification and rack and pinion adjustment. The contemporary instrument in the group is a Motic SFC-3AF compound microscope with a cream-coloured enamel finish on a metal frame. This model features a revolving nosepiece with three objective lenses, a fixed stage with specimen clips, rack and pinion coarse focus adjustment, and a gimbal-mounted substage mirror for illumination. Thomas Salter box height: 28 cm Merit box height: 23 cm Signalling Equipment box height: 18 cm Motic microscope height: 31 cm.