Collection on microscopes and other optical instruments, 1588-1935.

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Collection on microscopes and other optical instruments, 1588-1935.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523391

This collection was assembled by Court and was partly used in the book, "The History of the Microscope" (with Reginald S. Clay, London, 1932). There is historical correspondence (including some by Court), documents, broadsides, and photographs, concerning microscopes and instruments. This includes material on Joseph Bonomi, James Epps, John Lee, Edward Nairne, and others.

5 linear ft.

American Philosophical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6748490

American Philosophical Society Library

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Lee, John, 1783-1866

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km042v (person)

Epithet: formerly Fiott, FSA, FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x00005e ...

Court, Thomas H.

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Thomas H. Court was a historian. From the description of Collection on microscopes and other optical instruments, 1588-1935. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523391 From the guide to the Collection on microscopes and other optical instruments, 1588-1935, 1588-1935, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Nairne, Edward, 1726-1806

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m97t77 (person)

Thomas H. Court was a historian. From the guide to the Collection on microscopes and other optical instruments, 1588-1935, 1588-1935, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Varley, Cornelius, 1781-1873

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Thomas H. Court was a historian. From the guide to the Collection on microscopes and other optical instruments, 1588-1935, 1588-1935, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Bonomi, Joseph, 1796-1878

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60k3z0d (person)

Thomas H. Court was a historian. From the guide to the Collection on microscopes and other optical instruments, 1588-1935, 1588-1935, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Epps, James M. (James Milton)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pp6q0w (person)