Microscopic view of silk and taffeta mb-width 4714 25th October 1972

25th October 1972

View of George IV and his entourage embarking for Scotland on the River Thames at Greenwich

A glamorous woman stands by the car with her poodle

View showing figures including a detatchment of mounted soldiers and a milkmaid

Microscopic view of silk and taffeta mb-width 4714 25th October 1972Illustrations 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