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Benjamin Martin
One of the most famous English makers of scientific instruments of the 18th C. Mainly remembered for inventing a special type of pocket compound microscope with drum in 1738. Martin illustrated the device in Micrographia nova (1742), in which he also set out the new criteria for microscopic observation [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- Biography
- Biography
Date
- 1705-1782
- 1705/1782
- 1705/1782
- 1782
- 1705
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- Biography
- Biography
Date
- 1705-1782
- 1705/1782
- 1705/1782
- 1782
- 1705
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Places
- Worplesdon, Surrey, England - London
Identifier
- urn:imss:biography:300393
Language
- eng
- ita
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/gallery/BenjaminMartin.html
Is referenced by
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/object/Eudiometer_n01.html
Year
- 1782
- 1705
Providing country
- Italy