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Thanks for the link Michael. I think I'll have to print a copy of all of these findings and file them away. It's great to read an explanation of how this thing actually worked as I hadn't come across that yet. Unfortunately, it looks like my example is also missing the top ring just as the example f...

One more interesting bit of follow-up, this specific instrument was shipped to the Spencer Lens Company of Buffalo who actually made microscopes. I had the right forum after all!

Mystery solved. I contacted the Carl Zeiss archives and they were able to tell me it is an Abbe spherometer from 1906. It’s used for measuring lenses, commonly in the optical setting. Thanks for everyone’s help. Here’s a link they provided: http://www.musoptin.com/item/sphaerometer-nach-abbe-zeiss-1...

Now we’re onto something. Thanks a lot Michael. Perhaps this is a precise measuring instrument. Bob- When you look into the eyepiece you do see the central element. This core moves up and down and you can see the movement through the eyepiece. The view through the eyepiece also displays two closely ...

Well that’s unfortunate. It’s been awhile since I posted in a forum and I didn’t realize that had happened. I attempted to resize my photos and attach them directly.

Although I use a microscope everyday as a surgical pathologist (Olympus BX43) I actually have a question regarding something my father bought at an estate sale thinking I might be interested in it. The markings read “Carl Zeiss, Jena, Nr. 2116”. Although part of it does resemble a microscope, it als...