An edition of Optical essays .. (1762)

Optical essays ...

Optical essays ... by Benjamin Martin, Benjamin Martin
Preview

Only you can see this

Save Note

Download Options

Last edited by MARC Bot
February 22, 2025 | History
An edition of Optical essays .. (1762)

Optical essays ...

This work doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
50

Previews available in: English

Edition Availability
Cover of: Optical essays ...
Optical essays ...
1762, Printed for, and sold by the author ...
in English

Add another edition?

Book Details


Table of Contents

(from t.p.) Containing, I. A practical description of the several sorts of single, solar, and compound microscopes; with their apparatus, and the latest improvements
II. The nature of vision in insects demonstrated by microscopic observations
III. A catalogue of all the principal microscopic objects
IV. The use of the reflecting telescope as an universal perspective for viewing every sort of object in the greatest perfection
V. The manner of computing the magnifying power in single and double microscopes
VI. A new method of applying a micrometer to take the dimensions of small objects
VII. An illustration of the whole in a great variety of figures on a large copper-plate.

Edition Notes

The date of this work can be no earlier than 1762, as the 6th ed. of Martin's Philosophical grammar which was published in that year is included in the advertisement.
Signatures: [A]² B-H⁴.
Advertisements on p. [1]-5 at end.

Published in
London

Classifications

Library of Congress
QH205 .M37x 1762

The Physical Object

Pagination
[2], ii, 50, 5, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates :
Number of pages
50

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL2668500M
Internet Archive
b30353853
LCCN
85664709
OCLC/WorldCat
13526721, 927045396

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL5225145W

Community Reviews (0)

No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON