Catoptric microscope Product:Postcard Back view of the Manor

Back view of the Manor House on St Marylebone High Street

by Richard Bradley (Emanuel Matthews

about half the natural size

with the title on a banner flanked by the City of London and royal arms

Catoptric microscope Product:Postcard Back view of the ManorView of a microscope shown on a pedestal stand: with a section through the instrument, a scheme of its optical arrangement and details of the mirror based instrument. The microscope was inspired by the Newtonian reflecting telescope. From the manuscript paper 'An account of a catoptric microscope', by Robert Barker. Not signed. Royal Society Register Book Original, vol. 19 1734 1736, pp. 256 260. The paper was read before the Royal Society on 8