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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zur Varia Physica LH 37, 4
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Cum nullum opinor instrumentum ad detegenda naturae interiora utilius micro-
scopio repertum sit, Mocroscopia autem praestantiona tactenus paratu dificilia
fuerint, ideo rem naturae cultoribus gratissimam me facturum existiai
putavi, si artificium exponerem quo intra uniue horae spatium exigue apparatu
magnus horum Microscopiorum numeras parari possit, quae quad
amplificationem et claritatem objecti praestantissimis hactenus adhibitis
non cedant. Nam pediculi caput in illis apparebit  majus nuce jugland
et pedes pulicis speciem chelarum ingentis caneri marini referent.
Mode exr. Inventor eocum fuit primus fuit Dominus Hudde
inventit
ex
e publica negotia ab his studiis avocavere: nec a ignota fucere
haec Micrascopioa pr aestantissimis quibusdam Mathematicis, sed no
et inter hos ingeniosissimo Hookio, sed miror nondum ea in vulgaem
usum vulgarem transiisse, cum tamen adeo facile parabilia tantique
usus sint. Tot taque hic omnilus proponee dignam rem
duxi, quae omnibus innotesceret.
otum negotium eo redit: ut exigua glatulus vitri panticella syhelig
igne liquescens in globulum tornetur, sume vitrum quam perissimum
idque quod ad flammam ampadis facile est in fila ate maxime purum
occoloris expers,  sume vitrum frustum vitri purissimi: hoc primum
ignescat ad flammam, ac crusta quaedam impunior, ubi refriguerit
auferatur ciusta qu videbis clussut quadcm sali quasi crustulam
quandam ipsi circundari, qum obduci, quam facile auferes: quo facto
satis purum erit,  Nunc extremitatem ejus ad flamniam duconnia
filum subtilissimum. Quod cujus jam
tacileet quot libuerit ex vitro
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li vitrei extremitas denique
educes H ata scilice globulum tornbit tae
itefitum jam liquescens à
etiy
u lamma auferes. Globulus a reliquo  folo filo decerptus erit
itis an
ubi
bea
etum
 purus.
unde. Unam particellam imponet carboniiem samma
statimob
larnadist in particellam dirige cavendo e avolet aut discurrat
aci
est
otundabitur particella texlenter
juen globulum quaesitum dabit lentes
ur Asus in toconsistit: quod globuli quo sun minoressro magis amplificant
minusque obscurant vbjectum materam impuritate itaque si in laminae foramini
e
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sint udsitatu ad candelam Tentes varabilis ntere S. IEl
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