ISBN: 9780906831014 - essays on the history of the microscope (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. 1st edition. A very nice bright, clean copy in firm binding Used - Very Good. VG paperback.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published by Senecio Publishing Co Ltd in 1980, here is the first softback printing of G.L'E.Turner's Essays on the History of the Microscope. Green pictorial card covers, 245 pages, superb illustrations throughout, the book is in near fine condition with some light browning to the outside page edges. The book was sourced from the home of a pipe smoker and so may or may not retain a slight smoky aroma that can be easily removed.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo, paperback. Vg+ condition. Contents bright, crisp & clean, appears unread; covers glossy w/ a few faint outer smudges, tiniest bend to corner of rear cover from storage. 245 p., illus.

8vo. 245 pp. Profusely illustrated. Green printed wrappers. Fine. ISBN 10: 0906831016 CONTENTS: 1 Micrographia historica : The Study of the History of the Microscope -- 2 The History of Optical Instruments : A Brief Survey of Sources and Modern Studies -- 3 The History of the Microscope : An Essay Review of P. Harting, Das Mikroskop (1866) -- 4 Decorative Tooling on 17th and 18th Century Microscopes and Telescopes -- 5 The Rise and Fall of the Jewel Microscope 1824- 1837 -- 6 Powell & Lealand : Trade Mark of Perfection -- 7 Dr M. C. Cooke's Microscope designed by W. Moginie -- 8 The Contributions to Science of Friedrich Adolph Nobert -- 9 The Microscope as a Technical Frontier in Science -- 10 Henry Baker, FRS, Founder of the Bakerian Lecture -- 11 Microscopical Communication -- 12 Are Scientific Societies Really Necessary.…