Crystals of ‘Ens veneris’
Date
1764
Creator
Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt (1733 - 1796, German) , Engraver
After
Martin Frobene Ledermuller (1719 - 1769, German) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
48660
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 245mm
width (print): 195mm
width (print): 195mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Study of the crystals of ‘ens veneris’ a preparation of sal ammoniac [mineral ammonium chloride] and blue vitriol [copper sulphate] viewed by microscope, under magnification.
Plate 11 from Amusement microscopique, tant pour l'esprit que pour les yeux, contenant... estampes... d'apres nature... by Martin Frobene Ledermuller, plates volume (Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, Nuremburg, 1764).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB.XI.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table XI. Ens veneris.’ The author comments that: ‘Et c'est aussi la même Couleur que conservent les Cristaux sous le Microscope, de forte que dans un Jour bienclair, ils ressemblent à l'Or ou aux plus belles Topazes & Crysolites’. […the crystals under the microscope…look like gold or the most beautiful topaz & crysolites].
Martin Frobene [Frobenius] Ledermuller (1719-1769) German naturalist was employed in various capacities as a notary, turning to microscope studies after an illness induced temporary deafness.
Plate 11 from Amusement microscopique, tant pour l'esprit que pour les yeux, contenant... estampes... d'apres nature... by Martin Frobene Ledermuller, plates volume (Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, Nuremburg, 1764).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB.XI.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table XI. Ens veneris.’ The author comments that: ‘Et c'est aussi la même Couleur que conservent les Cristaux sous le Microscope, de forte que dans un Jour bienclair, ils ressemblent à l'Or ou aux plus belles Topazes & Crysolites’. […the crystals under the microscope…look like gold or the most beautiful topaz & crysolites].
Martin Frobene [Frobenius] Ledermuller (1719-1769) German naturalist was employed in various capacities as a notary, turning to microscope studies after an illness induced temporary deafness.
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