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Cuff, john , optician and microscope maker
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Birth:
1708
Death:
1772
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John Cuff (1708-1772) was an English scientific instrument maker. One of the most important English makers of scientific instruments (particularly optical instruments) of the 18th century. Perfected the compound microscope with side-pillar, producing an instrument that later bore his name and marked a decisive stage in the history of the microscope.