Intricate drawings of early microscopes

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Micrographia Nova, published in 1687 by Johann Franz Griendel, documents the then-fresh science of microscopy. BibliOdyssey has dozens of engravings from that, and other books of the era. If only modern gadgets were so handsome!

[via Bibliodyssey]

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3 Responses to Intricate drawings of early microscopes

  1. Rob Beschizza says:

    Fixed!

  2. kaiza says:

    Wow, a real rabbit-hole of a site! Awesome link.

  3. jfranchino says:

    Bibliodyssey

    I’m sure Rob’ll fix it in a second, but as I write this the link doesn’t seem to work and the site name is spelled wrong.

    http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/08/early-microscopes.html

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