Diagram of a microscope
Date
1697
Creator
Stephen Gray (1666 - 1736, British) , Astronomer
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Manuscript page number
p2
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Dimensions
height (page): 216mm
width (page): 137mm
width (page): 137mm
Subject
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Description
Diagram showing the optics of a microscope using a water drop, as explained by Stephen Gray. Printed as figure 8 in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 19, no. 221 (1696).
Transcription
Figure VIII
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Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
Fig. 8, in Stephen Gray, ‘Several microscopical observations and experiments’, Phil. Trans., vol. 19, no. 221 (June, July and August 1696), pp. 280-87.
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Stephen Gray (1666 - 1736, British) , Astronomer
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