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Microscope (detail)

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probably made in London

Microscope (detail)
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This is a detail of a brass microscope made around 1825, probably by David Davis, a scientific instrument maker based in London between 1816 and 1830.

The detail shows the top of the body tube. It is inscribed 'D. Davis/London'.

This type of microscope derives from the 18th-century side-pillared instrument and is constructed is such a way that it can be folded into its box: hence it is known as a 'chest microscope'.

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