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Four 19th-Century microscopes and a selection of slides,
including a lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope by M. PILLISCHER LONDON no. 3285, with two objectives and two eyepieces in a fitted mahogany case (bass broken) -- 10¼in. (26cm.) wide; a lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope by C. BAKER no. 5701, with mechanical stage, substage condensor and two objectives, in a mahogany carrying case -- 10¼in. (26cm.) wide; a student's lacquered-brass and black enamelled compound monocular microscope, unsigned, with unusual eccentric driven draw tube focusing, in a wooden case -- 8.5/in. (21.9cm.) wide; a lacquered-brass Martin-type drum microscope (in broken case); and four boxes of various slides, mostly amateur prepared, some by Flatters & Garnett, numbering approximately 320 (8)
including a lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope by M. PILLISCHER LONDON no. 3285, with two objectives and two eyepieces in a fitted mahogany case (bass broken) -- 10¼in. (26cm.) wide; a lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope by C. BAKER no. 5701, with mechanical stage, substage condensor and two objectives, in a mahogany carrying case -- 10¼in. (26cm.) wide; a student's lacquered-brass and black enamelled compound monocular microscope, unsigned, with unusual eccentric driven draw tube focusing, in a wooden case -- 8.5/in. (21.9cm.) wide; a lacquered-brass Martin-type drum microscope (in broken case); and four boxes of various slides, mostly amateur prepared, some by Flatters & Garnett, numbering approximately 320 (8)
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