1764 Baker Microscope SCIENCE Chemistry Biology Experiments Salt Crystals RARE

1764 Baker Microscope SCIENCE Chemistry Biology Experiments Salt Crystals RARE

Henry Baker was an 18th-century English naturalist known for his work with the microscope. Baker wrote two treatises on using the microscope; ‘Employment for the Microscope’ and ‘Microscope Made Easy’. This work, ‘Employment’ is an illustrated text on using a microscope but also includes discoveries found whilst using one. Findings include salts found in urine, seeds of the vanilla bean, understanding the metals in vegetation, examining warts, the exposure and effects of sulfuric acid, observations of spider eyes and fangs, effects of light on oysters, formation of gems and their coloration, and in depth look into various salt crystals.

This 1764 edition is complete in all respects, including all 17 incredible engravings which depict microscopes and inventions of hardware in microscopy.

Item number: #2591

Price: $950

BAKER, Henry

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 inspection; whereby the curious may always be furnished with numberless objects higherto little known. Also occasional considerations on gems, poisons, the vegetation of metals, the resusciation of plants, the formation of amber, corals, and many other subjects. II. An account of various animalcules never before described, and of many other microscopical discoveries: with observations and remarks. Likewise a description of the microscope used in these experiments, and of a new micrometer serving to shew the size of magnified objects. Together with instructions for printing off any medal or coin. Illustrated with seventeen copper plates.

London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall Mall., 1764

Details:

• Collation complete with all pages: [xii], 442, [10]
  • 17 folding engravings
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~8.5in X 5.25in (21.5cm x 13.5cm)

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