Ken wrote:

> I wouldn't go so far as to call them an antique. Edmund Scientific still
> sells monocular microscopes and they are still used in the medical field
> for slide viewing. All of the chemical and industrial manufacturing
> inspection labs I have worked in had stereo microscopes. However several
> of the circuit board shops I have worked in had monocular microscopes
> for drill sharpening inspections and they were also used in the screen
> printing area for the inspection of printing screens. They are not yet
> obsolete !

I never said anything about monocularity, oh wise Ken. :-)
And were they fancy brass ones like in the pic?

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