Sublimated mercury crystals
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 crystals of sublimated mercury, eg mercuric chloride, viewed by microscope, under magnification. The microscope field view is supplemented by details of crystals.
Plate 69 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.LXIX.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table LXIX. La Configuration & les Cristaux du Mercure sublimé’ [structure and crystals of sublimated mercury].
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 69 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.LXIX.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table LXIX. La Configuration & les Cristaux du Mercure sublimé’ [structure and crystals of sublimated mercury].
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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