Microscope and oxy-hydrogen lamp projector Size:XL: 80 x 80cm 'Bathing on the Seine (La

'Bathing on the Seine (La Grenouillére)'

Superstition and Fanaticism

Technology is starting to make its presence felt in the previously untouched rural areas

Plate 21 from the book Icones selectae hymonomycetum nondum delineatorum

Microscope and oxy-hydrogen lamp projector Size:XL: 80 x 80cm 'Bathing on the Seine (LaImage of a flea being projected by 'Palmer's improved portable oxy hydrogen apparatus and microscope with prepared objects, complete.' The equipment is mounted on a wheeled trolley in front of a screen, gas being piped from storage bellows to the projector for illumination of the microscope slides. What appears to be a safety water pump is also shown, with a pointing stick. The complete apparatus sold for 35. Figure 274 (p. 61) from Palmer's new