Edward Bausch, a son of one of the founders of Bausch & Lomb, made this microscope in 1868 when he was but 14 years old. It is a compound monocular with inclination joint, sub-stage mirror, and Y-shaped base; the original square stage has been broken off.
Ref: Donald L. Padgitt, A Short History of the Early American Microscopes (London, 1975), pp. 88-89.
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