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The typical Torilian microscope is a vertical metal pole (on a tabletop) with various lenses clamped to it (think hand-held magnifying glasses but with clamp-handles) and the user peers through a combination of lenses, adjusting their heights, distances apart, ...
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I'm taking this and assuming the top people at every major institution that studies this, like Candlekeep, have microscopes so they can see it themselves. But the manufacturing of them is so expensive that instead of trying to get everyone else to see it, they just said, "Look, trust us. This is what you need to do."
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...and what combination of lenses on hand they're using.
I think one of these snuck into the background of some FR art, years ago, partially obscured.
Such arrangements are used in surgery and some delicate carving-crafting.
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