Microscope.
Fontana, Francesco, 1580-1656. : **F.229.16 Novae ccelestivm, terrestrivmq rervm observationes ...a Fran-
cisco Fontana, specillis 4 se inventis et ad summam perfectionem
perductis, editz. Neapoli ... apud Gaffarum. M.DC.XLVI. (6), 10, (4), 11- 151, (1) pp. Portrait. Plates. Engraved title-page. 21cm., in
4s. , pd aol F The author ascribes to Porta the first use of lenses in pairs, and to him-
self the invention of the telescope and the microscope, as well as the discovery of the “canals” on Mars.
This card was printed at the Boston es Public Library, June 12, 1924.
M8928 — Microscope. — Telescope. — Astronomy. — Mars. The planet.