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Two Microscopes and Pocket Scope

Title: Lot of Two Microscopes and Pocket Scope
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Description: Lot of 2 microscopes comprising: Brass microscope with Y-shaped tripod base, engraved "Ross, London, 3509." * Black horseshoe-based microscope, engraved "Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N.Y., Patented Aug. 24, '07", housed in original wooden case measuring 14hx6¼wx7¾d. [with] Brass pocket scope, 6x1¾.Andrew Ross was one of the foremost English microscope manufacturers and responsible for many improvements in the design of 19-Century microscopes. Based on its serial number, we estimate this microscope to have been made between 1860-1870.
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