Glauber’s wonderful sal
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
Description
Study of Glauber’s salt, or sal mirabilis (sodium sulphate) viewed by microscope under magnification.
Plate 47 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.XLVII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table XLVII. Sel de Merveille de Glauber’ [Glauber’s wonderful salt].
Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604-1670) German alchemist and chemist, discoverer of sodium sulphate.
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 47 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.XLVII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table XLVII. Sel de Merveille de Glauber’ [Glauber’s wonderful salt].
Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604-1670) German alchemist and chemist, discoverer of sodium sulphate.
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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