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[[image: detailed (andwhimsical), illustration of the three-legged surveyor stand base shown on pages 155-56, with brass instrumentation added at top.  Odd addition of a "flea-like" figure in the drawing.  Perhaps a reference to ???]]

Transcription Notes:
it IS an 18c flea microscope. Found this variation: https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/museum/museum1700.html -mandc