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"The Microscope Made Easy" von Henry Baker, London, 1743 (!)

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The Microscope Made Easy von Henry Baker, London, 1743 (!)
"The Microscope Made Easy" von Henry Baker, London, 1743 (!) Frühes und berühmtes Standardwerk des englischen Naturalisten über die verschiedenen Formen der Mikroskope und ihrer Anwendung. 2. Auflage. 311 Seiten und Index und 14 numerierte Kupfertafeln sowie eine ohne Numerierung. Zeitgenössischer Ledereinband mit übernommenem Original-Rückenlabel. Bis auf etwas abgestoßene Ecken ein sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar! - Ein außerordentlich seltenes und attraktives Buch für jede anspruchsvollere Mikroskop-Sammlung. Early famous work by English naturalist Henry Baker (1698-1774), London, about the different styles of microscopes and their use. 2nd edition. 311 pages plus index and 14 numbered copper plate engravings plus one unnumbered. Contemporary calf, rebacked with original label relaid. Besides a little bit rubbed edges, a very good clean copy! - An extraordinarily scarce and very attractive book for any advanced microscope collection! - About the author: Baker, Henry, F.R.S., was born in London on the 8th of May 1698. After serving an apprenticeship with a bookseller, he devised a system of instructing the deaf and dumb, by the practice of which he made a considerable fortune. It brought him to the notice of Daniel Defoe, whose youngest daughter Sophia he married in 1729. He was associated with Defoe in starting the "Universal Spectator and Weekly Journal". - In January 1740, Baker was elected a fellow of the "Society of Antiquaries", and in March following a fellow of the "Royal Society". Along with Mr. Folkes he began to make experiments on the polypus, and continuing them after Mr. Folkes was too much immersed in other matters to give the subject his attention, he published the result of his observations in the "Philosophical Transactions", and afterwards, in 1743, in a separate treatise. The same year appeared "The Microscope made Easy", a work which at once became popular, and went through several editions. In 1744 he was awarded the "Copley medal" for his microscopical experiments on the crystallisations and configurations of saline particles. "The Microscope made Easy" contains the majority of his more important communications on the subject to the "Royal Society". - € 1.000/2.000 - (92/75)
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