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A 19th-Century lacquered-brass compound binocular microscope,
signed on the stand A. ROSS LONDON 1706, with rack and pinion coarse and micrometer fine focusing, the body-tube located on an arm, the binocular body-tube engraved WENHAM'S BINOCULAR By Ross London, with prism slide, the mechanical stage with fine tangent-screw adjustment, the sub-stage condenser with rack and pinion circular motion, the lower limb with plano-concave mirror, the massive body limb raised on twin supports with friction clamp adjustment arc, the stand fitted to a mahogany platform base, with an extensive range of accessories including slide maker's accessories, six eyepieces, .1/8th in., th in., in., and in. objectives in cans signed A. Rofs London, a 2in. objective by Baker London, and a 1in. objective, with polariser, various attachments, a prism, extending body-tubes, a monocular body-tube and other items, contained in six graduated drawers with ivory pulls, the instrument and accessories all contained in the original mahogany carrying case with inset brass side carrying handles -- 23in. (58.5cm.) high
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signed on the stand A. ROSS LONDON 1706, with rack and pinion coarse and micrometer fine focusing, the body-tube located on an arm, the binocular body-tube engraved WENHAM'S BINOCULAR By Ross London, with prism slide, the mechanical stage with fine tangent-screw adjustment, the sub-stage condenser with rack and pinion circular motion, the lower limb with plano-concave mirror, the massive body limb raised on twin supports with friction clamp adjustment arc, the stand fitted to a mahogany platform base, with an extensive range of accessories including slide maker's accessories, six eyepieces, .1/8th in., th in., in., and in. objectives in cans signed A. Rofs London, a 2in. objective by Baker London, and a 1in. objective, with polariser, various attachments, a prism, extending body-tubes, a monocular body-tube and other items, contained in six graduated drawers with ivory pulls, the instrument and accessories all contained in the original mahogany carrying case with inset brass side carrying handles -- 23in. (58.5cm.) high
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