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the numerous army of amateur photographers, and very 

 shortly afterwards, by means of a make-shift attachment 

 to my microscope, produced my first photo-micrograph; a 

 little affair, on a plate scarcely three inches square and 

 not at all well done, but esteemed as almost a sacred 

 treasure to the present day. 



From this crude beginning was evolved the instrument 



known by the lengthy title of the "enlarging, reducing 

 and copying plioto-micrographic camera," which I placed 

 on the market early in 1882. It met with instant and 

 generous recognition, and has maintained its popularity 

 steadily ever since. So far as I have been able to learn, 



