The microscope: past and present /
The Microscope: Past and Present discusses the best methods of using microscope. This book presents a concise account of the development of this valuable tool, which is used at some time or another by almost every scientist. Comprised of seven chapters, this book begins with an overview of the facto...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
[1968]
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| Edition: | First edition.n]. |
| Series: | Pergamon international popular science series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The Microscope: Past and Present discusses the best methods of using microscope. This book presents a concise account of the development of this valuable tool, which is used at some time or another by almost every scientist. Comprised of seven chapters, this book begins with an overview of the factors that stimulated the rapid progress in microscopy. This text then describes the immense importance of the work of Robert Hooke in the development of optical devices for assisting the human eye. Other chapters consider the different types of compound microscopes and describe the single-lens or simp. |
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| Item Description: | An abridgement of the author's The evolution of the microscope. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 272 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 263). |
| ISBN: | 9781483138978 1483138976 |