An 18th-Century continental pattern solar microscope,
An 18th-Century continental pattern solar microscope,

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An 18th-Century continental pattern solar microscope,
unsigned, the body-tube in two sections arranged to screw into the rotating plate, with rack and pinion adjustment, the mirror with screw adjustment, the sprung stage with similar screw adjustment, with a numbered set of four bead glass objectives, with ivory slider and a quantity of glass slides, in red plush-lined oak case with lacquered-brass carrying handle -- 10.1/8in. (25.7cm.) wide

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