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A late 18th-Century lacquered-brass compound monocular Adams-pattern variable microscope,
signed on the stage ADAMS LONDON, the tapering and waisted-section body-tube mounted on an arm adjustable by rack and pinion for fore and aft motion, the stage also adjusted by rack and pinion motion, on the square-section vertical pillar similarly mounted with an adjustable condenser lens and plano-concave mirror, mounted via a compass joint on the tapering vertical pillar support and folding tripod stand, with rotating slide accessory stage, sprung slide holder, two lieberkuhn, additional bull's-eye condenser, live box, eight various objectives, frog-plate, an articulated arm with additional objective mounting, forceps, five four-specimen ivory sliders, a boxwood five-specimen slider, another boxwood three-specimen slider, and other accessories, contained in the original fitted mahogany carrying case -- 17.3/8in. (44.1cm.) wide
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signed on the stage ADAMS LONDON, the tapering and waisted-section body-tube mounted on an arm adjustable by rack and pinion for fore and aft motion, the stage also adjusted by rack and pinion motion, on the square-section vertical pillar similarly mounted with an adjustable condenser lens and plano-concave mirror, mounted via a compass joint on the tapering vertical pillar support and folding tripod stand, with rotating slide accessory stage, sprung slide holder, two lieberkuhn, additional bull's-eye condenser, live box, eight various objectives, frog-plate, an articulated arm with additional objective mounting, forceps, five four-specimen ivory sliders, a boxwood five-specimen slider, another boxwood three-specimen slider, and other accessories, contained in the original fitted mahogany carrying case -- 17.3/8in. (44.1cm.) wide
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