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A description of the most valuable kinds of microscopes now in use [electronic resource] : Viz. The...

A description of the most valuable kinds of microscopes now in use [electronic resource] : Viz. The...

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A description of the most valuable kinds of microscopes now in use [electronic resource] : Viz. The pocket microscope, together with the new invention for fixing it on a pedestal, and giving light to objects by a speculum; the double reflection microscope; the microscope for viewing opake objects; and the solar, or camera obscura microscope. As they are made and sold by John Cuff, against Serjeant's-Inn Gate in Fleet-street. With a particular account of the use and application of the several parts of the apparatus belonging to each kind.

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A description of the most valuable kinds of microscopes now in use [electronic resource] : Viz. The pocket microscope, together with the new invention for fixing it on a pedestal, and giving light to objects by a speculum; the double reflection microscope; the microscope for viewing opake objects; and the solar, or camera obscura microscope. As they are made and sold by John Cuff, against Serjeant's-Inn Gate in Fleet-street. With a particular account of the use and application of the several parts of the apparatus belonging to each kind.

Publisher

London : Printed for John Cuff, in Fleet-street, [1758?]

Date

[1758?]

Record Identifier

74VKDA7aM8kO

MMS ID

991019065489702626

Language

English

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Physical content

8,[2];6;4;12;8p.,plates ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : Printed for John Cuff, in Fleet-street, [1758?]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

[1758?]

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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A description of the most valuable kinds of microscopes now in use [electronic resource] : Viz. The pocket microscope, together with the new invention for fixing it on a pedestal, and giving light to objects by a speculum; the double reflection microscope; the microscope for viewing opake objects; and the solar, or camera obscura microscope. As the...

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General note

Price in square brackets: (Price One Shilling.)

Reproduction of original from British Library.

The drop-head title of p. [3] of the first section is 'The description of a pocket microscope, ..', and the final unnumbered leaf of the same section is 'The description of a new invention, to fix the pocket microscope, ..'; the second contains 'A description of the solar, or camera obscura microscope, ..', signed and dated at end: John Cuff. Fleet...

Citation / References Note

ESTC T224708.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VKDA7aM8kO

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKDA7aM8kO

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MMS ID

991019065489702626