l'oculaire et l'objectif ne font qu'un

English translation: one and the same

10:11 May 27, 2016

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Science - Science (general) / simple microscope

French term or phrase: l'oculaire et l'objectif ne font qu'un

Short text describing a mid-19th century microscope, intended for a museum guide book.

Petit bijou de technologie pour l’époque, ce microscope s’adapte aux besoins de l’observateur sur le terrain ou en laboratoire. De microscope simple (**l’oculaire et l’objectif ne font qu’un**), il peut se monter en microscope composé, grâce aux 5 objectifs qui l’accompagnent.

In microscope-speak, would it be enough to say "with only an eyepiece lens"? Or "where the eyepiece and objective lens are combined" (not 100% sold on that one).

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English translation:one and the same

Explanation:
Where the eyepiece and lens are one and the same;

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Andrew Bramhall
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Local time: 14:06

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Thanks, Oliver, but perversely I think I prefer my own wording, "with only an eyepiece lens", which boils down to the same thing as your suggestion.
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l\'oculaire et l\'objectif ne font qu\'un

one and the same

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Where the eyepiece and lens are one and the same;

Andrew Bramhall
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Thanks, Oliver, but perversely I think I prefer my own wording, "with only an eyepiece lens", which boils down to the same thing as your suggestion.

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