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Henry Power : Experimental philosophy...containing new experiments microscopical, mercurial, magnetical

'Thence home and to my office; wrote by the post, and then to read a little in Dr Powre's book of discovery by the Microscope, to enable me a little how to use and what to expect from my glasse.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Print: Book

Henry Power : Experimental philosophy...containing new experiments microscopical, mercurial, magnetical

'After dinner, to my chamber and made an end of Dr Powre's book of the Microscope, very fine and to my content'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Print: Book

Henry Power : Experimental philosophy...containing new experiments microscopical, mercurial, magnetical

'and so to supper anon and then to my office again a while, collecting observations out of Dr Powres book of Microscopes, and so home to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Print: Book

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