. The microscope and its revelations. FIG. 92.—Galileos Campani or FIG. 93.—Campanis microscope (1660)? are two small microscopes whichit is affirmed have been handed down from generation to gene- ration since the dissolution ofthe Accademia del Cimento in1667, with the tradition ofhaving been constructed(Galileo. They are shown by 111 fig 92, but from the superiority of construction of these instru-ments it is very improbable that they belong to the days of Galileo,who died in 1642 ; and there is a specially interesting compound US TJIK IllsTuKV AXI) DEVELOPMENT OF THE M
. The microscope and its revelations. FIG. 92.—Galileos Campani or FIG. 93.—Campanis microscope (1660)? are two small microscopes whichit is affirmed have been handed down from generation to gene- ration since the dissolution ofthe Accademia del Cimento in1667, with the tradition ofhaving been constructed(Galileo. They are shown by 111 fig 92, but from the superiority of construction of these instru-ments it is very improbable that they belong to the days of Galileo,who died in 1642 ; and there is a specially interesting compound US TJIK IllsTuKV AXI) DEVELOPMENT OF THE MIGEOSCOPE micron-ope, by (iinseppe Campani, which was published first in 1686,\\hich is presented in fig. 93 ; its close similarity to Galileo micro-scopes is plainly apparent, making- it still move improbable thatthese cmilil !>•• given a date prior to 1642. In a journal of the travels of M. de Monconys, published inI iiii.). there is a description of his microscope which is of muchinterest. He .Mates that the distance from the object to the firstlens is one inch and a half
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