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Thesaurus

Term: United Kingdom

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Area was inhabited by ancient Celtic-speaking peoples; invaded by Rome 55 BC, Romans withdrew AD 410; invaded by Angles, Saxons & Jutes, Danes & Normans; various parts have been united by England since 11th cen.; was core of large empire 18th-20th cen.; o

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Culpeper-type compound microscope
1730-1747
Culpeper-type coumpound microscope
circa 1825
Culpeper-type compound microscope
1808-1830
Cary Society of Arts Prize student compound microscope
1855-1860
Cary-type box mounted compound and simple microscope
circa 1827

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Edward Troughton

1753 - 1835
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Illustrated London News

1842-present
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Vincent Brooks, Day & Son

1867-1940
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Whipple Museum of the History of Science

founded 1944
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Valantine & Carr

fl. 1870 - 1930

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