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'An Account of a Catoptric Microscope' by Robert Barker

Reference number: RBO/19/39

Date: 1735

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Original figure attached in colour
Read to the Royal Society on 8 January 1735

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RBO/19/39
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1735
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'An Account of a Catoptric Microscope' by Robert Barker, 1735, RBO/19/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_19_39/an-account-of-a-catoptric-microscope-by-robert-barker, accessed on 16 January 2026

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