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AMERICAN NATURALIST. 
Vol. VI.— JUNE, 1872.— No. 6. 
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STUDENTS’ MICROSCOPES.* 
BY R. H. WARD, M. D. 
Tuose who use the microscope as an elegant and costly luxury 
will, of course, be guided in so doing by their general ideas of 
taste, economy, etc. ; the few who use the instrument as medical 
experts, or original investigators in science, will, at the same time, 
by years of practice, grow into the use and the possession of an 
instrument suited to their wants ; but a larger class are those who 
use the instrument as an incidental though frequent aid in their 
daily work in various sciences or professions, who reasonably de- 
Sire the simplest instruments consistent with real usefulness, and 
who, however eminent in other specialties, are often unfamiliar 
With the styles and prices of the various makers, and at a loss to 
what available resources would best supply their wants. 
The following tables are designed to be of use to buyers of micro- 
Scopes, of the latter class, and to persons who desire information 
m a concise and convenient form, in regard to the progress thus 
far made in this department of microscopy. While the styles and 
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styles with those of European makers, the table of American Stu- 
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New wm A Paper on Medical Microscopes, read at the Medical Sodiety of the State of 
York, Feb. 7, 1872, 
Entered accordin 
g to the Act of Co in the year 1872, by the PEABODY ACADEMY OF 
8 CIENCE, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, 
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