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Micrographia illustrata [electronic resource] : or the microscope explained, in several new inventio...

Micrographia illustrata [electronic resource] : or the microscope explained, in several new inventio...

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Micrographia illustrata [electronic resource] : or the microscope explained, in several new inventions, Particularly of a New Variable Microscope for Examining all Sorts of Minute Objects; and also of a New Camera Obscura Microscope, Designed for Drawing all Minute Objects, either by the Light of the Sun, or by a Lamp in Winter Evenings, to great Perfection; with A Description of all the other Microscopes now in Use. Likewise a natural history of Aerial, Terrestrial, and Aquatic Animals, &c. Considered as Microscopic Objects. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty.

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Micrographia illustrata [electronic resource] : or the microscope explained, in several new inventions, Particularly of a New Variable Microscope for Examining all Sorts of Minute Objects; and also of a New Camera Obscura Microscope, Designed for Drawing all Minute Objects, either by the Light of the Sun, or by a Lamp in Winter Evenings, to great Perfection; with A Description of all the other Microscopes now in Use. Likewise a natural history of Aerial, Terrestrial, and Aquatic Animals, &c. Considered as Microscopic Objects. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty.

Publisher

London : printed for the author, and sold by him at No. 60, in Fleet-Street, and by all booksellers in town and country, M.DCC.LXXI. [1771]

Date

M.DCC.LXXI. [1771]

Record Identifier

74VvGKxjVdRZ

MMS ID

991012553499702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[16],lix,[1],325,[1],14p.,plates, ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for the author, and sold by him at No. 60, in Fleet-Street, and by all booksellers in town and country, M.DCC.LXXI. [1771]

Edition

The fourth edition. Illustrated with seventy-two copper plates, ..

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

M.DCC.LXXI. [1771]

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Access Conditions

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

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Full title

Micrographia illustrata [electronic resource] : or the microscope explained, in several new inventions, Particularly of a New Variable Microscope for Examining all Sorts of Minute Objects; and also of a New Camera Obscura Microscope, Designed for Drawing all Minute Objects, either by the Light of the Sun, or by a Lamp in Winter Evenings, to great P...

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Notes

General note

Includes 'A catalogue of mathematical, philosophical, and optical instruments' with separate pagination but continuous register.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

With a half-title.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T53472.

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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Record Identifier

74VvGKxjVdRZ

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

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MMS ID

991012553499702626