Microscopic view of silk and taffeta Product:Fine art poster Arms and armour from the

Arms and armour from the Tower of London

Procession of HRH Albert Edward Prince of Wales

Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838) American mathematician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1818

he had been dubbed the 'Grand Old Man' by Henry Labouchere in 1881

Microscopic view of silk and taffeta Product:Fine art poster Arms and armour from theIllustrations showing microscopic views of: fine waled silk, or taffeta (Fig. 1); watered silk (Fig. 2); the bending of individual silk threads (Figs. 3 and 4). Schem. III from Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and Inquiries thereupon, by Robert Hooke (London, 1665). Original: copperplate engraving. 1665