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Show Slump In Microscopes. The general depression In the optical op-tical trad: Is being felt very severely by British microscope makers, most of whom aw working with reduced staffs. Some are only working alternate alter-nate weeks. This is partly due, no doubt, to overproduction during the war, when a large number of microscopes micro-scopes were supplied to the order of the government, but even taking this Into account the demand Is now abnormally ab-normally 'small. With hospitals poverty pov-erty is a natural excuse, but In other cases, such as that of schools. It Is nt so easy to explain why so few new Instruments are being purchased. According Ac-cording to one largo firm the great majority of microscopes now purchased pur-chased are for purposes . connected with mineralogy.- Manchester Guardian. |