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Microscope

Microscope

The Smithsonian catalogs Microscope as microscope in its Science & Scientific Instruments records.

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Compound monocular microscope with coarse and fine focus, inclination joint, circular stage, circular base with three ball feet, and an “E. H. GRIFFITH, FAIRPORT N.Y. / PAT. DEC. 14, 86 / 866” inscription on the stand. Ezra Hollace Griffith (1838-1894), a travelling salesman and enthusiastic microscopist, described this form, termed the Griffith Club Microscope, as a “full-sized, first-class” inst

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Science & Scientific Instruments and dates it ca 1890.

Compound monocular microscope with coarse and fine focus, inclination joint, circular stage, circular base with three ball feet, and an “E. H. GRIFFITH, FAIRPORT N.Y. / PAT. DEC. 14, 86 / 866” inscription on the stand. Ezra Hollace Griffith (1838-1894), a travelling salesman and enthusiastic microscopist, described this form, termed the Griffith Club Microscope, as a “full-sized, first-class” inst

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