Lot Essay
Andrew Ross worked from 23 Regent Street London from 1837-42. A similar example of his work can be seen at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Cambridge
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A lacquered brass dissecting microscope signed ANDW. ROSS & Co Opticians 33 Regent St. Piccadilly, with lens holder, lateral adjustment, by rack and pinion, rack and pinion focusing, square stage, cylindrical pillar on tripod foot, with case and accessories -- 7¾in.(20cm.) high, (lacks lens)