Microscopic view of silk and taffeta mb-code 2490422 View with figures and deer

View with figures and deer in the foreground

watered silk (Fig

including men climbing trees and looking through telescopes and a woman selling pictures of the balloon

weighed down with parcels containing all sorts of objects and of all shapes

Microscopic view of silk and taffeta mb-code 2490422 View with figures and deerIllustrations 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