The Microscope: Its History Construction and Application: Being a Familiar Introduction to the Use of the Instrument and the Study of Microscopical Science (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Microscope: Its History Construction and Application: Being a Familiar Introduction to the Use of the Instrument and the Study of Microscopical Science<br><br>The Author cannot but express his grateful surprise at the extraordinarily popular reception which his book has met with: a sale Of fifty thousand is an unprecedented event for a work of the kind. This circumstance is extremely gratifying to him because it affords reasonable grounds for believing that his work has been useful and encourages renewed effort to make the volume still more acceptable. It has been his endeavour to bring the information contained in its pages up to the most recent discoveries; although in a daily progressing field of science it is almost impossible to keep pace with the advance of knowledge in all its ramifications.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.