A practical treatise on the use of the microscope, including the different methods of preparing and examining animal, vegetable, and mineral structures (1848)
Quekett, John, 1815-1861 · London, H. Bailliere · leaf 43
ntil the commencement of the eighteenth century, little wasdone towards the improvement ofthe microscope. During this in-terval, a work entitled OculusArtificialis Teledioptricus, &c, waspublished at Nuremberg, in 1702,by Jean Zahn, in which werecontained numerous curious apho-risms, and a… … THE MICKOSCOPE. 9 was used for opaque objects, and that its optical part consistedof six planoconvex lenses, but of its size we have no record. About this time, the end of the 17th century, Sir IsaacNewton was in the zenith of his glory; having discovered, in1672, the theory of light and colours,…
Microscopy
Internet Archive · Wellesley College Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
