# ISO 8040:1986 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 8040:1986, item title is Optics and optical instruments — Microscopes — Connecting dimensions of tube slides and tube slots; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 8040:2001; withdrawn / published date is 1986-09-18, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 8040:1986 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Optics and optical instruments — Microscopes — Connecting dimensions of tube slides and tube slots _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 8040:2001 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 1986-09-18 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 15052,IS,,ISO 8040:1986,Optics and optical instruments — Microscopes — Connecting dimensions of tube slides and tube slots,Optique et instruments d'optique — Microscopes — Cotes de liaison entre les tirettes et leurs logements,1986-09-18,1,['37.020'],ISO/TC 172/SC 5,9599,,[29651],"['en','fr']",2, ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).