Wilson screw-barrel microscope
Date
1768
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 a Wilson screw-barrel microscope, featuring: the main tube (a-d), the carry box (e-f), with a slider (h) and mirror (g) resting on its surface, a small brass forceps (i) and some original lenses.
Inscribed above: ‘TAB: VI’
Inscribed below: ‘M. F. Ledermuller del. A. W. Winterschmidt sculps et exc.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘est le Microscope manuel de Wilson’ [‘is the Wilson Manual microscope’].
Plate 6 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, 1768).
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.
James Wilson (fl.1702-1710) published a description of his screw barrel microscope in the Royal Society's journal Philosophical Transactions in 1702.
Inscribed above: ‘TAB: VI’
Inscribed below: ‘M. F. Ledermuller del. A. W. Winterschmidt sculps et exc.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘est le Microscope manuel de Wilson’ [‘is the Wilson Manual microscope’].
Plate 6 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, 1768).
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.
James Wilson (fl.1702-1710) published a description of his screw barrel microscope in the Royal Society's journal Philosophical Transactions in 1702.
Associated place