Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.18205

    Magnifiers and microscopes

    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
    Subject
    Physics
       > Optics
          > Microscopy
    Content object
    Description
    A selection of simple table-top instruments suitable for viewing small insects, with some figures showing the creatures in situ.

    Plate 70 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.LXX.’

    The accompanying text is headed: ‘Table LXX. Differens Verres Oeconomiques & Microscopes manuels’ [various economical magnifying glasses and hand microscopes].

    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.
    Associated place
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