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Compound microscope of Hooke type; vellum over wood body; top portion: wood acorn; biconvex lens, focal length 66mm; eyepiece in screw-in mount missing; upper middle portion: two vellum sleeves, sliding one within the other attached to internally threaded wooden ring; lower middle portion: threaded flange extension, fluted wood upper ring attached to lower vellum tube; bottom portion: vellum tube with green and gilt tooled cover attached to turned and fluted wooden portion; folding brass stand, top is a ball-holder; arm with brass ring projects from ball to receive body of microscope.
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