TY - CHAP DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Plate XI: Frog's foot, fish's tail and leg of fly/gnat/ant under magnification T2 - The Microscope Made Easy ID - dpq7sa0 AU - Baker, Henry PB - Robert Dodsley CY - London, England DA - 1743/// YR - 1743 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/dpq7sa0 AB - As described on accompanying pages listed next to the illustrations, this plate illustrates a frog's foot (figure I), a fish's tail (figure II) and an example of the leg of a fly/gnat/ant (figure III) under magnification. This plate comes from The Microscope Made Easy by Henry Baker (1698-1774), a book that popularized the microscope in the 18th century. The first section describes simple and compound microscopes along with how to prepare specimens and calculate their size. The second section introduces the reader to microscopy and the laboratory manual. Also includes "Animalcules," or microscopic animals, and anatomical discoveries made with the microscope. KW - Baker, Henry, 1698-1774 KW - Microscopy KW - Textbooks KW - Microscopes KW - Scientific apparatus and instruments LA - English ER -