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*[http://www.questia.com/read/5015823672?title=Minute%20Particulars%3a%20Microscopy%20and%20Eighteenth-Century%20Narrative Minute Particulars: Microscopy and Eighteenth-Century Narrative] | |||
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Revision as of 15:46, 7 June 2008
The microscope is an instrument that magnifies small objects such that they become observable by humans. Here, small (or microscopic) means below the spatial resolution of the human eye (around 100μm).
The history of the microscope
See:
- http://www.archive.org/details/CantorLecuturesTheMicroscope
- http://www.worldscibooks.com/popsci/4034.html
- http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/233106.ctl
- Minute Particulars: Microscopy and Eighteenth-Century Narrative