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The Golub Collection at The University of California, Berkeley
Collection donated by Orville J. Golub (Ph.D. '44) and Ellina Marx Golub (B.A. '39)

The Golub Collection
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Simple magnifiers

17th_thumbs - thumb138
Gray Microscope No. 138; c1695
17th_thumbs - thumb122
Microscope No. 122, c1690
18th1st - thumb139
Microscope No. 139; c1720
18th1st - thumb144
Microscope No. 144; c1750
18th1st - thumb111
Microscope No. 111; c1710
18th1st - thumb25
Wilson Screw-barrel Microscope No. 25; c1720
18th1st - thumb82
Microscope No. 82; c1725
18th1st - thumb103
Scarlett Microscope No. 103; c1720
18th1st - thumb12
Lindsay Microscope No. 12; c1735
18th1st - thumb109
Microscope No. 109; c1745
18th1st - thumb85
Microscope No. 85; c1745
18th1st - thumb330
Cuff Microscope No. 330; 1753
18th1st - thumb268
Microscope No. 268; c1755
18th2nd - thumb241
W & S Jones Microscope No. 241; c1760
18th2nd - thumb95
Dollond Microscope No. 95; c1760
18th2nd - thumb13
Dollond Microscope No. 13; c1764
18th2nd - thumb49
Clark Microscope No. 49; c1770
18th2nd - thumb247
Microscope No. 247; c1775
18th2nd - thumb27
W&S Jones Microscope No. 27; c1775
18th2nd - thumb44
Microscope No. 44; c1775
18th2nd - thumb242
Microscope No. 242; c1780
Microscope No. 245, c1800
Withering Microscope No. 245, c1800
Microscope No. 249, c1800
Microscope No. 249, c1800
Microscope 281, 1870-1875
Beck Microscope 281, 1870-1875
Microscope No. 254, 1845-1855
Bryson Microscope No. 254, 1845-1855
Microscope 344, 1885
Chavel Microscope 344, 1885
Microscope 278, 1885
Zentmayer Microscope 278, 1885
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