The optical microscope first appeared in the 1590s, but the use of microscopes for research did not gain acceptance until the 1660s. It was then that English natural philosopher Robert Hooke began an extended set of experiments with the microscope on…
A single-instance (one of a kind) artist's book in a complex folded structure that may be opened widely to resemble a flower. Combines a poem with illustrations of clouds and sections of maps.