Microscope case
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
Depiction of two compass microscopes and their cases, demonstrating the latter's functionality as an adjustable stand (top) and tool storage space (bottom).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB: XII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘le Coffret’ [‘the Case’].
Plate 12 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.
George Adams (c. 1709–1773), English instrument maker and science writer, designed the compass microscope in the mid 18th century.
Inscribed above: ‘TAB: XII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘le Coffret’ [‘the Case’].
Plate 12 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.
George Adams (c. 1709–1773), English instrument maker and science writer, designed the compass microscope in the mid 18th century.
Associated place