Catoptric microscope Size:XL: 120 x 100cm The Royal Liver Building (left)

The Royal Liver Building (left) built between 1908 and 1911 and designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas

' Originally published within part V of 'Historical and Literary Curiosities'

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23rd August 1987

Catoptric microscope Size:XL: 120 x 100cm The Royal Liver Building (left)View 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