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made in Italy

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This brass horizontal reflecting microscope was made around 1820 by the Italian botanist, G.B. Amici of Modena, in an effort to bypass problems met in developing microscope objectives made in glass. Amici published the description of his design in 1818.

The microscope has six eyepieces and other accessories. It has an internal arrangement in which the main optical component is a small diameter metal speculum mirror which reflects and magnifies the image along the tube to the observer.

The microscope's optical system is based on important technological advances made by Amici. These advances influenced the Scottish microscope-maker, Alexander Adie.

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