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  Society of Arts Compound Microscope

  Brass compound microscope claw-footed base mounted on a wooden platform. The design follows the Society of Art pattern. The cross-section limb pivots on trunnions attached to the stage. The body-tube screws into the bar attached to the top of the limb. The microscope has coarse focusing via rack and pinion and fine focusing by a thumb wheel near the bottom of the body tube. The square stage has a detachable dissecting forceps that connects via a pin. There is a substage concave mirror mounted on the end of the limb. The mahogany fitted case has a brass handle. The case has sections to hold canisters and accessories as well as the disassembled sections of the microscope.