The New Micrographia

Highlights

Citation

Alternate Title(s): Micrographia nova

Author: Johann Francisco Griendel

Publication Location: Nuremberg

Year: 1687

Item Location

Exhibit: Through the Eyes of the Lynx: Galileo and Microscope

Summary

Griendel’s Micrographia nova was the German counterpart to Hooke’s Micrographia (1665). Greindel improved the objective lens. Many of his illustrations are of the same creatures examined by Hooke.

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Theme(s): Scientific Instruments, Biology

Chronological Period: 17th century

Geographical Region(s): Germany, Europe
Resource Type: Book