Dioptrica practica : sive de microscopiorum ac telescopiorum utilitate, fabrica, et usu : manuscript, [ca. 1675]

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Dioptrica practica : sive de microscopiorum ac telescopiorum utilitate, fabrica, et usu : manuscript, [ca. 1675]

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Discusses the history of microscopes from the experiments of the Dutchman Jacobus Metius to its invention by Galileo; the construction of microscopes until 1660; the utility of telescopes and microscopes, including mention of Riccioli's Almagestum and Scheiner's Rosa ursina; a detailed description of the construction of contemporary telescopes and microscopes and their general use, as well as geometrical and astronomical use. Note added in a different hand in Italian (f. 177) concerns the dyeing of skins.

177 leaves, bound ; 19 cm.

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