Steel sparks
Date
1766
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 (page): 245mm
width (page): 195mm
width (page): 195mm
Subject
Description
Study of a steel sparks from flint and steel fire-making, viewed by microscope under magnification. With a circled detail, showing the material at natural size.
Plate 62 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, 1766).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB.LXII.’
The accompanying text is headed ‘Table LXII. Etincelles de Feu tirées de l’Acier.’ [sparks of fire from steel]. The author states that: ‘L'on trouve quantité de boules d'acier & d'argent grandes & petites, & les autres se peuvent mieux voir, que décrire. Les etincelles, que voici, aint été tireés de l'Acier & de la Pierre a Feu...’ [There are lots of large and small steel and silver balls, and the others can be seen better than described. The sparks here, were drawn from steel & flint…].
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 62 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, 1766).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB.LXII.’
The accompanying text is headed ‘Table LXII. Etincelles de Feu tirées de l’Acier.’ [sparks of fire from steel]. The author states that: ‘L'on trouve quantité de boules d'acier & d'argent grandes & petites, & les autres se peuvent mieux voir, que décrire. Les etincelles, que voici, aint été tireés de l'Acier & de la Pierre a Feu...’ [There are lots of large and small steel and silver balls, and the others can be seen better than described. The sparks here, were drawn from steel & flint…].
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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