AN 18TH-CENTURY WILSON-PATTERN SCREW-BARREL MICROSCOPE,

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AN 18TH-CENTURY WILSON-PATTERN SCREW-BARREL MICROSCOPE,
THE LACQUERED-BRASS BODY UNSIGNED, WITH SPRUNG STAGE, EYEPIECES NUMBERED 2 AND 3, THREE IVORY SLIDERS NUMBERED 1, 2 AND 3, WITH EIGHT (OF NINE) SPECIMENS, BRASS SLIDER WITH GLASS PLATE, GLASS PHIAL, TWEEZERS AND OTHER ITEMS, IN THE ORIGINAL GREEN PLUSH-LINED FISHSKIN-COVERED POCKET CASE -- 3¼IN. (8.3CM.) HIGH

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CF: G L'E TURNER THE GREAT AGE OF THE MICROSCOPE, LONDON 1989. TURNER ILLUSTRATES PP 249-256 SCREW-BARREL MICROSCOPES BY MAKERS INCLUDING JAMES WILSON, EDMUND CULPEPER, GEORGE STERROP AND ANOTHER UNSIGNED. ALL ARE SIMILAR IN CONSTRUCTION, BUT THE UNSIGNED EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATED P 256 SHOWS REMARKABLE SIMILARITY TO THE EXAMPLE ABOVE, BUT THE CASE AND ACCESSORIES ARE DIFFERENT.

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