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United Kingdom: England, London / ca 1870

Microscope

Microscope

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

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Small compound monocular with a four-sided stage. This, in turn, can be mounted on a tripod stand with a sub-stage mirror mounted to one leg. The “MURRAY & HEATH / LONDON” inscription refers to a firm that began in business in 1856, and that showed various instruments at the International Exhibition in London in 1862. By 1866, this instrument was known as a “Sea-Side Microscope.” It was, moreover,

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Science & Scientific Instruments and dates it ca 1870.

Small compound monocular with a four-sided stage. This, in turn, can be mounted on a tripod stand with a sub-stage mirror mounted to one leg. The “MURRAY & HEATH / LONDON” inscription refers to a firm that began in business in 1856, and that showed various instruments at the International Exhibition in London in 1862. By 1866, this instrument was known as a “Sea-Side Microscope.” It was, moreover,

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