simple microscope
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In 1658 by means of a simple microscope Athanasius Kircher of Fulda, Germany, saw "worms" in the blood of people stricken with Black Plague.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had a table in the middle of the room where he sat to look at his specimens through a magnifying glass or simple microscope, and to read his scientific papers.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
It was plainly divided, as sketched by me under a simple microscope, by transverse opaque partitions, which I presume represent the great cells figured by Kowalevsky.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles
It was, as sketched by me under a simple microscope, plainly divided by transverse opaque partitions, which I presume represent the great cells figured by Kovalevsky.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
Smith and Beck were so pleased with the simple microscope they made for me, that they have made another as a model.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
