AN 18TH-CENTURY BRASS AND IVORY SCREW-BARREL MICROSCOPE,

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AN 18TH-CENTURY BRASS AND IVORY SCREW-BARREL MICROSCOPE,
SIGNED E. CULPEPER LONDINI, THE IVORY BODY-TUBE WITH DRAW FOCUSING, ARRANGED SO AS TO SCREW INTO THE WILSON-PATTERN SCREW-BARREL WITH OBJECTIVE MOUNTING, SPRUNG STAGE AND ADJUSTABLE SCREW FOCUSING, THE SCREW-BARREL MOUNTED ON A UNIVERSAL BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT FIXED TO THE TURNED PILLAR, WITH MOUNTING FOR MIRROR (LACKING), THE LOWER BALUSTER-TURNED SECTION SCREWED TO THE FOLDING TRIPOD STAND, EACH ARM OF RECTANGULAR FORM -- 10.3/8IN. (26.3CM.) HIGH OVERALL

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