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United Kingdom: England, London / 1745-1755

Microscope

Microscope

The Smithsonian catalogs Microscope as microscope in its Medicine records.

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The aquatic microscope is a simple low-power instrument so designed that the lens can move back and forth and from side to side, to follow the movements of small creatures swimming on the stage. The form was developed in the mid-1740s by a London artisan named John Cuff, at the behest of a Swiss naturalist named Abraham Trembley. This example fits into and stands on a wooden case covered with shar

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Medicine and dates it 1745-1755.

The aquatic microscope is a simple low-power instrument so designed that the lens can move back and forth and from side to side, to follow the movements of small creatures swimming on the stage. The form was developed in the mid-1740s by a London artisan named John Cuff, at the behest of a Swiss naturalist named Abraham Trembley. This example fits into and stands on a wooden case covered with shar

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Smithsonian InstitutionMicroscope

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