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PROBABLY DUTCH OR FRENCH, MID 19TH CENTURY
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A BOX MOUNTED COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
PROBABLY DUTCH OR FRENCH, MID 19TH CENTURY
based on the Cary-Gould type construction, with compass joint screwing in to centre of box, with six aperture disc to substage, three objectives, the lacquered brass straight body tube with scale 0-100 by 1 to inner draw, in fitted drawer sliding into box.
12½in. (32cm.) long in case
PROBABLY DUTCH OR FRENCH, MID 19TH CENTURY
based on the Cary-Gould type construction, with compass joint screwing in to centre of box, with six aperture disc to substage, three objectives, the lacquered brass straight body tube with scale 0-100 by 1 to inner draw, in fitted drawer sliding into box.
12½in. (32cm.) long in case
Special notice
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