Too Frightful to Contemplate!
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Microscopy, Light, Instruments, Exhibitions |
People mentioned: | Francis Fowke |
Discusses news of the invention of a microscope that magnifies '56,000,000 times', noting the distress caused by looking at the building of the International Exhibition at this magnification. | |
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