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    Sale 8003

    SCIENTIFIC & ENGINEERING WORKS OF ART, INSTRUMENTS & MODELS

    London, South Kensington

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    28 May 1998

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    Lot 112

    A 19TH-CENTURY LACQUERED AND OXIDISED-BRASS COMPOUND MONOCULAR MICROSCOPE,

    Price realised

    GBP 805

    Estimate

    GBP 800 - GBP 1,200

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    A 19TH-CENTURY LACQUERED AND OXIDISED-BRASS COMPOUND MONOCULAR MICROSCOPE,
    SIGNED ON THE BODY-TUBE W. LADD 31, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON., WITH FUSEE-CHAIN-DRIVE FOCUSING, THE STAGE WITH MAGNETIC STRIPS, SUB-STAGE WHEEL CONDENSER WITH RACK AND PINION ADJUSTMENT AND PLANO-CONCAVE MIRROR, ON TUBULAR LATTICE STAND, WITH BULL'S-EYE CONDENSER, THREE OBJECTIVES, TWO EYEPIECES, LIVE-BOX AND OTHER ITEMS, IN MAHOGANY CASE -- 15½IN. (39.4CM.) WIDE, WITH BRASS CARRYING HANDLE

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