Microscopic view of cells in a sliver of cork Hans Holbein the Younger philanthropist and politician

philanthropist and politician

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1646) to Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691)

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Microscopic view of cells in a sliver of cork Hans Holbein the Younger philanthropist and politicianIllustrations showing a microscopic view of the cells in a sliver of cork (Fig. 1); and a sprig of the sensitive plant (Fig. 2, unmagnified). Schem. XI 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