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

View with figures and deer in the foreground

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

including men climbing trees and looking through telescopes and a woman selling pictures of the balloon

A view of St Botolph's Church

Panoramic view of the City of London and Westminster showing the area between Gordon Stairs and Blackfriars Stairs with Lambeth

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