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A CUFF-TYPE MICROSCOPE
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A CUFF-TYPE MICROSCOPE

JOHN CUFF (c.1702-1772)

已结束2019年5月24日

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A CUFF-TYPE MICROSCOPE
JOHN CUFF (c.1702-1772)
Signed on the stage JOHN CUFF IN FLEET STREET LONDON, the limb engraved with markings for objective positions 1-6, accessories include: stage forceps; six objectives (one lacking lens); frog plate; lieberkuhn; tweezers; brass slides; on mahogany stand with drawer.
14 x 6¼ x 6¼in. (36 x 16 x 16cm.)

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In response to demand from the English naturalist Henry Baker (1698-1774) for an easier-to-use microscope, Cuff invented a new "Double Microscope," the design of which would be much copied by instrument makers across England and Europe throughout the 18th century. Alas for Cuff his innovation was unable to compete with the arrival next door of the workshop of Benjamin Martin (c.1705-84), and in 1750 he was declared bankrupt.