A FINE SOLAR MICROSCOPE COMPENDIUM BY EDWARD NAIRNE, LONDON,...

by Charles Miller
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A FINE SOLAR MICROSCOPE COMPENDIUM BY EDWARD NAIRNE, LONDON, CIRCA 1770


signed on the mirror plate NAIRNE LONDON, adjusting screws and threaded tube, contained within fitted box with two further lenses and plush-lined shagreen case containing screw-barrel microscope projector with accessories and multi-sample slides -- 10in. (25.5cm.) wide; together with a rare copy of Nairne's English-French description of solar and pocket microscopes, and accompanying engraving of a Nairne solar microscope


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Auction Date:
12th Nov 24 at 10am GMT

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