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A late 19th-Century lacquered brass compound monocular microscope,
signed on the stand NACHET ET FILS 17 rue St Séverin Paris with rack and pinion focusing double nose-piece mechanical stage with vernier adjustment, sub-stage condenser and plano-concave mirror, the body tube and limb with axis supported from the shaped base by two tapering pillars, with an extensive range of accessories in the leather covered supplementary cases, three plush-lined fitted trays and other fitted compartments, including various prisms, objectives, eye-pieces, specimen plates, condensers and slide-making attachments, all contained in a plush-lined mahogany case with brass carrying handle -- 15½in. (49.4cm.) wide
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signed on the stand NACHET ET FILS 17 rue St Séverin Paris with rack and pinion focusing double nose-piece mechanical stage with vernier adjustment, sub-stage condenser and plano-concave mirror, the body tube and limb with axis supported from the shaped base by two tapering pillars, with an extensive range of accessories in the leather covered supplementary cases, three plush-lined fitted trays and other fitted compartments, including various prisms, objectives, eye-pieces, specimen plates, condensers and slide-making attachments, all contained in a plush-lined mahogany case with brass carrying handle -- 15½in. (49.4cm.) wide
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