British scientific instrument maker and inventor of microphotography

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John Benjamin Dancer : instrument maker, optician and the originator of microphotography / L.L. Ardern.

The microscopic photographs of J.B. Dancer / by Brian Bracegirdle and James B. McCormick ; with illustrations from original Dancer negatives from the collection of A.L.E. Barron ; descriptive notes to the catalogue listings by Hilary Bracegirdle.

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Dancer, John Benjamin, 1812-1887

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The microscopic photographs of J.B. Dancer / by Brian Bracegirdle and James B. McCormick ; with illustrations from original Dancer negatives from the collection of A.L.E. Barron ; descriptive notes to the catalogue listings by Hilary Bracegirdle.