Early Compound Microscope
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Credit: MARTIN SHIELDS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Caption: This brass microscope was made in 1870 in Munich. The optical microscope was first invented in the early 19th century. On display at the Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Florence, Italy.
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