BAKER, Henry (1698--1774)
Employment for the microscope. In two parts. I. An examination of salts and saline substances, their amazing configurations and crystals, as formed under the eye of the observer: with plain directions how to prepare such substances, and preserve them in constant readiness for inspections; ... also occasional considerations on gems, poisons, the vegetation of metals, the resuscitation of plants, the formation of amber, corals, and many other subjects. II. An account of various animalcules never before described, and many other microscopical discoveries: ... Likewise a description of the microscope used in these experiments, and of a new micrometer ... Illustrated with seventeen copper plates. By Henry Baker, ...
1753.
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