EditorialCompound Microscope and Case; Micrometric stage invented by Michel-Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly, sixth duke of Chaulnes, French, 1714 - 1769, Gilt-bronze mounts attributed to Jacques Caffieri, French, 1678 - 1755, master 1714; Paris, France, Europe; abou...
EditorialScientists in a lab examining specimens in jars, through a microscope, with bloated animal and bird corpses on the floor. Copperplate engraving by Daniel Chodowiecki, Berlin, 1787.
EditorialCompound Microscope and Case; Micrometric stage invented by Michel-Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly, sixth duke of Chaulnes, French, 1714 - 1769, Gilt-bronze mounts attributed to Jacques Caffieri, French, 1678 - 1755, master 1714; Paris, France, Europe; abou...
EditorialThistle pulp cells magnified under a microscope, 18th century. Normal size A, and enlarged B to show a ring of sexagonal cells, surrounded by fibres to bring sap and nutrients. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (...
EditorialObservations under the microscope: the regular precision of a spider's cobweb 1, and the irregular needlework of a Belgian lacemaker 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807....
EditorialMagnified view of a housefly, Musca domestica, under a microscope: actual size 1, underside of head and body 2, abdomen 3, leg 4, and compound eye 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children),...
EditorialMagnified image under a microscope of the fibres of a sponge 1, and two-tone taffeta fabric, with yellow weft and purple warp 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedr...
EditorialCow tongue under the microscope: veal tongue showing different papillae 1, foliate papilla 2, filiform papillae 3, and fungiform papillae 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Chil...
EditorialSnowflake crystals under the microscope. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for hi...
EditorialCup-shaped polyps, magnified under a microscope, 18th century. Polyps attached to pondweed 1 and a snail 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1...
EditorialWater flea, Cyclops cyprinaceus, underside magnified under a microscope. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1805.
EditorialThreads of Dutch linen 1 and gold 2 magnified under a microscope. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man o...
EditorialSingle microscope mechanisms and parts. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.
EditorialCrystals magnified under a microscope: silver solution and Diana's tree 1, camphor 2, and niter 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822)...
EditorialCrystals of verdigris 1, boric acid 2, common salt 3, and sal ammoniac 4 under the microscope. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was...
EditorialCompound microscope mechanisms and parts including Adams' and Martin's. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme...
EditorialBinocular microscope "large Best". Signed: R. & J. Beck Ltd London 19901. London, around 1890. The "Large Best" microscope was the top product of R. and J. Beck until the introduction of the continental type in the beginning of the 20th century. Deutch...
EditorialMicroscope with leather case, by Alexis Magny (Paris, 1712-after 1777). Brass and bronze, white enamel, sharkskin. H: 49 cm, H case: 64,5 cm Inv.9870.