Bausch & Lomb Model BH8 compound monocular with coarse and fine adjustment, triple nosepiece, square stage with mechanism for moving the specimen, inclination joint, sub-stage condenser, sub-stage mirror, U-shaped base, and wooden box. The inscriptions on the base read “BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. 30441” and “BLS.” The inscription on the stage reads “BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. / Rochester, N.Y. / Patented Aug. 24, ’97.”
Ref: Ref: Edward Bausch, “Microscope Attachment,” U.S. Patent 588,689 (Aug. 24, 1897).
Bausch & Lomb, Microscopes and Accessories (Rochester, N.Y., 1914), pp. 32-33.
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