Micrometria : hoc est, de micrometrorum, tubis opticis, seu telescopiis & microscopiis applicandorum varia structura ac usu multiplici opusculum, cum observationibus astronomicis, tum & aliarum rerum dimensionibus plurimum inserviens / Theodoro Balthasaris.

Title: 
Micrometria : hoc est, de micrometrorum, tubis opticis, seu telescopiis & microscopiis applicandorum varia structura ac usu multiplici opusculum, cum observationibus astronomicis, tum & aliarum rerum dimensionibus plurimum inserviens / Theodoro Balthasaris.

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Author/Artist: 
Balthasar, Theodor.
Publisher: 
Christian-Erlangae : Sumpt. J.A. Lorberi, Typis D.M. Schmatz, 1710.
Description: 
120 p., [14] plates (some folded) ; 17 cm.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Micrometers (Instruments) Early works to 1800.
Telescopes Early works to 1800.
Microscopes Early works to 1800.
Astronomy Early works to 1800.
Bib ID: 
66070
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Location: 
Secured Stacks - Rare Books
Call Number: 
QB113.B19 *
Location: 
Digital Book
Call Number: 
No call number available
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Notes: 
Includes a description of Balthasar's invention of the solar microscope, sometimes wrongly attributed to J.H. Lieberkühn, in 1738 (from Duncan).
Duncan, 581.
Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging April 2013.
Plates opp. p. 34 and opp. p. 40 considered for a proposed microscope exhibit.