Sauzay, A. (Alexandre), 1804-1870 · London, S. Low, son, and Marston · leaf 265
ON OPTICAL GLASSES. 241 THE SOLAR MICROSCOPE. The solar microscope, invented, in 1740, by Lieberkuhn, is, as its name indicates, lighted by the rays of the sun, which replace the lamp of the magic lantern. Placed like the magic lantern, in a totally dark room, the solar rays are obtained by fitting… … Fig. 58. — SOLAK MICROSCOPE. window provided with a wooden shutter, in which a very small opening has been arranged corresponding to the lens placed in the tube. Outside the window is a mirror, which receives the solar rays and reflects them on to a convergent lens ; from that they pass to a second…
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