Project Gutenberg 2015-07-21 Public domain in the USA. 67 Ealand, C. A. (Charles Aubrey) 1877 Ealand, Charles Aubrey The Romance of the Microscope An interesting description of its uses in all branches of science, industry, agriculture, and in the detection of crime, with a short account of its origin, history, and development Produced by Chris Curnow, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "The Romance of the Microscope" by C. A. Ealand is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book provides an engaging exploration of the microscope, discussing its history, development, and applications in various scientific fields, including biology, agriculture, and forensic science. It aims to illuminate the significance of microscopy and its contributions to understanding the microscopic world. The opening of the work sets the stage by detailing the early history of the microscope, tracing its origins back to the use of lenses in ancient times. It highlights key figures in the development of microscopy, such as Galileo and Leeuwenhoek, while explaining the evolution of the instrument from simple magnifiers to compound microscopes. Through a combination of historical anecdotes and scientific explanations, Ealand establishes a foundation for understanding the essential role that the microscope has played in scientific discovery and inquiry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Microscopy Microscopes QH Text Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: Science - Chemistry/Biochemistry/Physics Browsing: Science - General 627555 627836 2024-09-20T14:45:21.458727 2023-09-21T11:06:06.054678 text/html text/html 618265 2015-07-21T14:06:36 text/html; charset=utf-8 1878718 2015-07-21T14:06:40 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1969161 2024-09-20T14:45:33.340616 application/epub+zip 1966537 2024-09-20T14:45:23.481663 application/epub+zip 314432 2024-09-20T14:45:22.509726 application/epub+zip 2122422 2024-09-20T14:45:39.540779 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2057993 2024-09-20T14:45:32.147660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413577 2022-09-22T12:17:01.891298 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 504864 504657 2024-09-20T14:45:19.606755 2023-09-21T11:06:04.199680 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 505250 2015-07-21T14:06:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 179620 2015-07-21T14:06:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18512 2024-09-20T14:45:39.698583 application/rdf+xml 30415 2024-09-20T14:45:22.650756 image/jpeg 4655 2024-09-20T14:45:22.582705 image/jpeg 1908921 2024-09-20T14:45:21.626745 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog