Pritchard, Andrew, 1804-1882
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Andrew Pritchard, a microsopist, was born in London on December 14,1804. After an apprenticeship he began a business as an optician. In 1826 Pritchard successfully made a single lens out of a diamond, and later from a sapphire and a ruby.
Pritchard was widely published as a microbiologist and on works
related to use of the microscope: Natural History of Animalcules (1834), "Micrographia:Essays on Microscopes" (1837), and "History of Infusoria," "Living and Fossil" (1841).
From the description of Papers, 1850-1864. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 145566753
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Subjects:
- Diatoms
- Mesotaeniacene
- Microbiology
- Microscope and microscopy
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Places:
- London (England) (as recorded)
- Great Britain (as recorded)
