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Albert Levan's Cancer Chromosome Laboratory at Lund University's Institute of Genetics, winter 1955–56: painted plaster, worn oak bench, black rubber mat, linoleum floor, and a simple wooden laboratory stool. The cytogeneticist's pelvis bears on the stool seat, both shoes meet the linoleum, and all four stool legs meet the floor. The microscope's rubber feet and the photomicrograph lie directly on the oak bench. The slide lies on the mechanical stage; both spring clips press its ends and the objective remains just above the glass. The researcher's right fingers close around the fine-focus knob while the eye meets the eyepiece. The lamp clamp grips the bench edge; its beam strikes the tilted mirror and travels upward through condenser and slide. The chromosome spread remains wholly inside the physical photomicrograph. The microscope is 38 cm tall beside a seated 1.7 m adult; the photomicrograph measures 20 × 25 cm. 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