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A Benjamin Martin-type Compound Monocular Microscope, English, circa 1770, image 1
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A Benjamin Martin-type Compound Monocular Microscope, English, circa 1770, image 3
The Dr. Murray MacKinnon Collection of Microscopes
Lot 106Ф,Y

A Benjamin Martin-type Compound Monocular Microscope,
English, circa 1770,

15 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Benjamin Martin-type Compound Monocular Microscope, English, circa 1770,

with tube supported by a bar limb, with screw focusing, shaped stage with plano/concave mirror below, on folding tripod base, in velvet-lined, fish-skin covered case, with five objectives, fishplate, two Lieberkühns, and a set of slides,
the microscope 11 1/2in (29cm) high

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From the collection of Dr MacKinnon.

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