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Microscope (detail)

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Microscope (detail)
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This is a detail of brass simple and compound microscope made around 1830, and retailed by Robert Brettell Bate (1782-1847), a scientific instrument maker based in London.

The detail shows the signature 'Bate LONDON' on an arm of the microscope's tripod base.

Botanical microscopes such as this came into vogue from the mid 18th century, as all branches of natural history became fashionable, a fashion which lasted well into the 19th century.

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