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A rare Benjamin Martin type compound monocular microscope, English, circa 1780, image 1
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A rare Benjamin Martin type compound monocular microscope,
English, circa 1780,

31 October 2017, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare Benjamin Martin type compound monocular microscope, English, circa 1780,

with square section pillar and folding tripod base supporting a cross beam and compound tube with course focusing by slide and securing screw and fine focusing by milled screw, in green velvet lined and fish skin covered case fitted with five numbered objectives, two Lieberkuhn's, spring stage, fish-plate and set of bone mounted slides, microscope 12in (30.5cm) high, case 10 1/4in (26cm) wide

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