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Nissen 199. Garrison-M. 306. Wellcome II, 88. Erste Ausgabe. "Henry Baker, (1698-1774) was a significant contributor to the popularization of microscopy and the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Simultaneously a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Society, Baker was a naturalist whose microscopical observations of aquatic animals and fossils were of interest to a wide audience. Many of the materials he examined were observed through a compound microscope made by the English optics expert John Cuff (1708-1772), which he designed at Baker's behest" (Michael W. Davidson, FL State Univ.). - Gutes Exemplar. (465).

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