Part of microscope
Date
1696
Creator
Stephen Gray (1666 - 1736, British) , Astronomer
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p2a
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 77mm
width (page): 32mm
width (page): 32mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Part of a microscope using a water drop, as designed by Stephen Gray. Printed as figure 7 in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 19, no. 221 (1696).
Transcription
Figure VII
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
Figs 7-8: design of microscope, in Stephen Gray, ‘Several microscopical observations and experiments’, Phil. Trans., vol. 19, no. 221 (June, July and August 1696), pp. 280-87.
Related fellows
Stephen Gray (1666 - 1736, British) , Astronomer
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
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