A drawing of one of Antoni van Leewenhoek's single-lens microscopes. The drawing was done by John Mayall,Secretary to the Royal Society,from a specimen housed in the museum of Utrecht University. It was published in The Microscope & its Revelation,7th edition,by W.B. Carpenter (1891). Leewenhoek reputedly made 500 microscopes during his life (1632-1723),26 of which were sent to the Royal Society on his death. These 26 have since disappeared. The drawing shows the design of a typical Leeuwenhoek microscope,back & front,the single lens in a pair of metal plates,with the specimen pin attached to a device for adjusting its height. Reference: MICROCOSMOS,page 186 | |
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