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A Fine Microscopical Innovation, 1873

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This intereting and half-Surreal woodcut appeared as a small 3/4"x1 1/2" illustration for an article in Nature for May 22, 1873. I like it quite a bit. It is tiny, spare, odd, and contains all of the necessary technical details. And it was an innovation--just a fine piece of work.

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