A practical treatise on the use of the microscope, including the different methods of preparing and examining animal, vegetable, and mineral structures
John Quekett's 1848 London manual on microscope use and specimen preparation, published by H. Bailliere for naturalists, medical students, and amateur microscopists. The 172 wood engravings show lettered instrument parts, brass stands, condensers and stage mechanisms, dotted light-ray diagrams, mounted slides, and magnified animal, plant, and mineral structures, offering designers precise line diagrams and technical cutaway drawings with alphabetic keys.
