Description
A good cased pocket microscope/slide viewer in original brown card case with two green paper slides of fern and spider.
Construction is brass and plastic/gutta-percha with variable threaded focal length. Slides in good condition-rubbed corners.
Case measures 6 x 4 x 4 cm. Foreign made with English instructions to inner lid. c.1900 novelty. Good optics. 50X mag.
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ScientificaOpticae
Scientifica Opticae
Mark Hacking (Scientifica Opticae Inc.) has been an avid collector/dealer for over 40 years. A former Science teacher, he has an innate love for anything natural or mechanical. Specializing in optical (microscopes, telescopes), surveying, medical, weighing and drawing instruments, he is an active participant of the Scientific Instrument Fair in London. Living in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and two children; Mark looks forward to meeting as many fellow collectors as possible, and has a worldwide following on eBay (Sciopti). As of Nov. 1/24 my email has changed to either [email protected] or [email protected].