Microscopic views of the point of a needle; printed full-stop; edge of razor Finish:Float frame The gentleman in the dark

The gentleman in the dark glasses is Mr Henry Fawcett

Lead singer

A labrador puppy looks at the camera

James Short was one of Britain's leading instrument makers in the mid 18th century

Paolo and Francesca da Rimini

Microscopic views of the point of a needle; printed full-stop; edge of razor Finish:Float frame The gentleman in the darkIllustrations showing microscopic views of: the point of a needle (Fig. 1); a printed full stop, original size and magnified (A); the edge of a razor (Fig. 2). Schem. II 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 engraving. 1665