An early 19th-Century lacquered-brass Jones' Most Improved pattern compound monocular microscope,
An early 19th-Century lacquered-brass Jones' Most Improved pattern compound monocular microscope,

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An early 19th-Century lacquered-brass Jones' Most Improved pattern compound monocular microscope,
the body-tube located on an arm, with friction clamp adjustment, the square-section limb on compass joint, with adjustable stage, sub-stage condenser and plano-concave mirror, raised on a tapering pillar support with folding tripod stand signed Dollond London, with five numbered objectives, bull's-eye condenser, frog plate, eared stage, lieberkuhn, five ivory sliders and other items, in plush-lined mahogany case with two brass carrying handles -- 14in. ( cm.) wide

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