| RefNo | CLP/2/15/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Manuscript, on making a microscope with a globule of water by [Matthias Gray] |
| Date | [1696] |
| Description | Paper regarding a method for making a microscope using a globule of water, so that any living beings or substances within the globule can be seen 'magnified as the best microscopes'.
Subject: Optics
Stephen Gray's design of such a microscope was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 19, no. 221 (1696).
Communicated by Stephen Gray. Read to the Royal Society on 29 January 1696. |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1695.0040 |
| JBO/9/211 |
| RelatedRecord | CLP/2/15 |
| CLP/2/15/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7365 | Gray; Stephen (? 1666 - 1736) | ? 1666 - 1736 |