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A Comparison of Photomicrographs Imaged Through a Late 18th C. Thomas Ribright, Cuff-Type, Brass Microscope and a Modern Olympus Optical Microscope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

D. Jones  and
J. Reid
D. Jones
Affiliation:
Retired Research Microbiologist Aberdeen
J. Reid
Affiliation:
School of Physics, The University, Aberdeen, Scotland

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In 1967, Bradbury published a detailed study of the optical properties of early, compound microscopes using modern photo micrographic techniques. This was followed by Bracegirdle's studies on the performance of 17th and 18th C. microscopes and later by Jones's comparative study of a Victorian microscope with an 18th C. Cuff-type microscope, signed ‘ Dollond ’. On the suggestion of the late Dr. S. Bradbury (personal communication), the present study on the assessment of a Ribright microscope includes photomicrographs of specimens in slides similar to the ones he used, i.e. a blow-fly proboscis and diatoms.

Type
Research Article
Information
Microscopy Today , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , March 2006 , pp. 38 - 43
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2006

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