Unspecified / late 20th century
Microscope
The Smithsonian catalogs Microscope as microscope in its Science & Scientific Instruments records.
Small orange plastic compound monocular microscope with push-pull focus, black stage, and sub-stage mirror. The inscription on the bottom reads “PATENT APPLIED FOR / MADE IN U.S.A. / LEARNING / THINGS, / INC.” Learning Things was an educational supply firm established in Littleton, Mass., in 1970.
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The Smithsonian lists the object under Science & Scientific Instruments and dates it late 20th century.
Small orange plastic compound monocular microscope with push-pull focus, black stage, and sub-stage mirror. The inscription on the bottom reads “PATENT APPLIED FOR / MADE IN U.S.A. / LEARNING / THINGS, / INC.” Learning Things was an educational supply firm established in Littleton, Mass., in 1970.
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