Microscopic views of nettle and wild oat Size:Large: 7 x 5in The animal was procured for

The animal was procured for Everard Home by William Scoresby from Greenland whaling grounds

'A Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year in London'

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19th September 1967

Microscopic views of nettle and wild oat Size:Large: 7 x 5in The animal was procured forIllustrations showing microscopic views of: the surface of a nettle plant (Fig. 1); the beard of a wild oat, in two parts (Fig. 2); a transverse section of the beard of a wild oat (Fig. 3); a hygrometer using the beard of a wild oat (Fig. 4). Schem. XV from Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and Inquiries thereupon, by Robert Hooke (London, 1665). Original: copperplate