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Boston Optical Works
(Boston, USA)
Listed below are most
microscopes, mechanical stages, lamps and/or other items pictured in the
catalogues of this maker or retailer (for which I have a copy), including
the information about the year each image appeared and a brief description.
Image
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Catalogue’s
publication year
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Observations
from the catalogue
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Boston Optical Works (1870)
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Student microscope
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Boston Optical Works’s catalogue (1883)
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Tolles’s student’s microscope (15 inches high)
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Boston Optical Works’s catalogue
(1883)
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Tolles’s large microscope (18
inches high)
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Boston Optical Works’s catalogue
(1883)
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Tolles’ new mechanical stage No. 1
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