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Volume 12. A Short History of the Early American Microscopes

THE MICROSCOPE SERIES MONOGRAPHS
Copyright © 1975 by Microscope Publications Ltd. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 74-30750 New - Digital Product, Purchaser will receive an email with a link to download the PDF.
AUTHOR
Donald L. Padgitt
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 – The Microscope in America before 1840Chapter 2 – Charles A. Spencer and his SuccessorsChapter 3 – The Grunow Brothers of New HavenChapter 4 – Joseph Zentmayer of PhiladelphiaChapter 5 – Robert B. Tolles and the Boston Optical WorksChapter 6 – The Chicago Makers: Walter H. Bulloch Dr. Lyman D. McintoshChapter 7 – Bausch & Lomb, Inc. of RochesterChapter 8 – The Acme Optical Works of Lancaster, PA and James W. Queen & Company of PhiladelphiaChapter 9 – Other American Makers, Designers and DealersChapter 10 – Some Concluding Comments
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