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

View with figures and deer in the foreground

A view of St Botolph's Church

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

The Queen visits Manchester

watered silk (Fig

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