All right, it got called fancy.

David Fontaine wrote:
> 
> 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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