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dc.creator	Ross, Andrew.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-03-05T16:38:04Z
dc.date.available	2012-03-05T16:38:04Z
dc.date.created	About 1875.
dc.date.issued	2012-03-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2152.3/488
dc.description.abstract	The binocular compound microscope has a heavy brass casting that serves as a Y-shaped base and vertical flat pillars. The standard large circular stage is attached to the limb, which is carried on a trunnion. It comes with a wooden carrying case and accessories (eyepieces, objective cases, bull's eye condenser). Signed: Ross, London. 4046.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	One of the best known microscope makers in London, Andrew Ross began business in 1830 and collaborated with J.J. Lister (1786-1869), inventor of a new design for achromatic lenses for the microscope. Both Ross and Lister were the founding members of the Microscopical Society of London (later the Royal Microscopial Society).
dc.subject	Biology	en_US
dc.subject	British Firms	en_US
dc.subject	Microscopy	en_US
dc.subject	Optics	en_US
dc.title	1.027	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US