Microscopic views of Kettering-stone, seaweed and sponge Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm De Hanovre) le 2 Fevriere

De Hanovre) le 2 Fevriere 1767'

1771 (1772)

fine arts and exhibits form Jersey and Gernsey

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Microscopic views of Kettering-stone, seaweed and sponge Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm De Hanovre) le 2 FevriereIllustrations showing microscopic views of: stone quarried in Kettering, Northamptonshire (Fig. 1); the fibres in a piece of sponge (Fig. 2); a piece of seaweed (Fig. 3). Schem. IX from Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and Inquiries thereupon, by Robert Hooke (London, 1665). Original: copperplate engraving. 1665