Amusement microscopique MF Ledermuller 1766 2
Summary
Collection of early microscope drawings from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.
An important invention of the Renaissance was the microscope. Invented in 1590, the microscope was a major help in other scientific discoveries. The microscope uses two different lenses to bend light and enlarge images. Therefore, a person could see things that were too tiny to observe with the naked eye. In 1660, the microscope was used to study bacteria for the first time. A microscope at that time could enlarge images 270 times their normal size.
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microscopy
18th century
science
natural history
naturalist
microscope
prints
book illustrations
high resolution
Date
1800
in collections
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BibliOdyssey
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