Double reflecting microscope
Date
1742
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Dimensions
height (plate): 172mm
width (plate): 128mm
width (plate): 128mm
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Description
View of a tripod-mounted double reflecting microscope designed by Edmund Culpeper. 14 figures including the attachments to the main instrument.
Inscribed ‘Pag.16. Plate.III.’
Plate to The microscope made easy by Henry Baker, published by R. Dodsley (London, 1742).
Henry Baker (1698-1774) was a British naturalist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1741.
Edward Culpeper (1660-1738) was an English scientific instrument maker.
Inscribed ‘Pag.16. Plate.III.’
Plate to The microscope made easy by Henry Baker, published by R. Dodsley (London, 1742).
Henry Baker (1698-1774) was a British naturalist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1741.
Edward Culpeper (1660-1738) was an English scientific instrument maker.
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