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A 19th-Cenury lacquered-brass Gould-pattern botanist's microscope,
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A 19th-Cenury lacquered-brass Gould-pattern botanist's microscope,
unsigned but stamped 10 on the front of the stage support, the tapering body-tube with two threaded objectives, arranged to screw into a short arm to the main pillar, the stage moved by rack and pinion up and down the pillar , with stage forceps and concave sub-stage mirror, mounted on top of the original mahogany case, with two ivory sliders and one glass slide by J.B. Dancer, No.285, the case -- 6 5/8in. (16.8cm.) wide
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unsigned but stamped 10 on the front of the stage support, the tapering body-tube with two threaded objectives, arranged to screw into a short arm to the main pillar, the stage moved by rack and pinion up and down the pillar , with stage forceps and concave sub-stage mirror, mounted on top of the original mahogany case, with two ivory sliders and one glass slide by J.B. Dancer, No.285, the case -- 6 5/8in. (16.8cm.) wide
See Colour Illustration
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