Letter, 1850, Sept. 7 : Canastota, New York.

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Letter, 1850, Sept. 7 : Canastota, New York.

ALS to a client. He quotes prices for various optical and astronomical instruments and describes the manufacture of microscopes in the mid-nineteenth century.

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Spencer, Charles Achilles, 1813-1881

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Microscopist. From the description of Letter, 1850, Sept. 7 : Canastota, New York. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35359602 Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important scientific reformer during the early nineteenth century. From his position as superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and through leadership roles in the scientific institutions of the time, Bache helped bring American science into alignment with the professional nature of...