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VIII.40 Compound microscope
Maker:Alberto De Eccher
Place:Florence
Date:ca. 1880
Materials:brass, iron
Dimensions:height 310 mm
Current inventory:3301
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Compound microscope signed by Alberto De Eccher. A horseshoe base holds a tilting vertical pillar that supports the mirror, the stage, and the telescopic body-tube. Focusing is by turning a collar fitted on the body-tube. Belonged to the Gabinetto di Zoologia degli Invertebrati of the Istituto di Studi Superiori of Florence.

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