Pou de coq domestique grossiment 200 diametres by A A Bertsch
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Microphotograph salt print entitled 'Pou de coq domestique grossiment 200 diametres', by Auguste Adolphe Bertsch, c. 1857. Salt print.
Lice of the domestic cock magnified 200 times
In the 1850s, keen photographer Auguste Adolphe Bertsch pioneered use of the microscope to take pictures of tiny creatures. While the beautiful images impressed amateur photographers, scientists were not yet convinced. Photography was still not good enough to improve on looking at something directly through a microscope.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/13435
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
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overall: 307 mm x 242 mm
image: 152 mm x 127 mm
- type:
- photograph, microphotograph and salt print
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford