Zenith STM-J x10 Stereoscopic Microscope

Our replacement for the ever popular BM-51-2 model. A robust reliable easy to operate instrument of high optical quality. Its relatively low magnification, easy focussing and wide field of view makes it a useful educational tool for use in primary schools and field study centres, as well as having numerous applications in industry.

The first useful microscope was developed in the Netherlands in the early 1600s.[1] Three different eyeglass makers have been given credit for the invention: Hans Lippershey (who also developed the first real telescope); Hans Janssen; and his son, Zacharias. The coining of the name "microscope" has been credited to Giovanni Faber, who gave that name to Galileo Galilei's compound microscope in 1625. (Galileo had called it the "occhiolino" or "little eye".)

The most common type of microscope—and the first to be invented—is the optical microscope. This is an optical instrument containing one or more lenses that produce an enlarged image of an object placed in the focal plane of the lens(es). There are, however, many other microscope designs.



Standard Specification:

• Fixed Magnification x10
  
• Paired x10 Widefield Eyepieces (Locked-on) with rubber eyecups
  
• Achromatic Objective Pair x1
  
• Field of view 20mm
  
• Working Distance 60mm
  
• Dioptric adjustment provided on left eyepiece tube
  
• Stereo head height adjustable on column to accommodate specimens on varying sizes
  
• Rack and Pinion focussing
  
• Adjustable Inter-pupillary distance
  
• Black/white reversible stage plate
  
• With stage plate removed, the microscope can be used to examine specimens too large to put under the microscope in the conventional way by focussing through the aperture in the Base Plate
  
• Locked on stage clips
  
• Dust Cover
  
• Supplied in polystyrene pack
  
• Height 300mm
  
• Weight 1.45kg