The Construction of Timber, from its Early Growth : Explained by the Microscope, and proved from experiments, In a great Variety of Kinds : In Five Books.

by Hill, Sir John

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1770. London : Printed for the Author; 1770, 8°, 170, 20 pp., 44 engraved plates (the 2 repating plates are missing), comtemp. leather; rebacked, fine copy. First Octavo Edition of "The Construction of Timber, From its Early Growth : Explained by the microscope, and proved from Experiments, In a great Variety of Kinds : In Five Books. On the Parts of Trees ; their Vessels; and their Encrease by Growth: And on the different Disposition of those Parts in various Kinds ; and the Particularities in their Vessels. With Figures Of Their various Appearances; of the Instrument for Cutting them ; and of the Microscope thro' which they were viewed. By John Hill, M.D. member of the Imperial Academy. London : Printed for the Author; and sold by R. Baldwin, in Pater-Noster-Row; J. Ridley, in St. James's-Street; J. Nourse, T. Becket, P. Elmsly, J. Campbell, in the Strand; and T. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden." "The most important work to be published on the subject during the eighteenth century." Henrey "The first use of dyes in histology. Hill (1770) had employed dyes in studying the microscopic structure of timer, and that beyond the question, his work was actually histological in nature. His methods in fact, were more like modern histology than the subsequent work of Ehrenberg." H.J. Conn, The History of Staining (1933), p.9 "Hill did not rely on any one method, but studied the structure of stems in many ways. He used a more elaborate method of maceration than Martin, and was

• Year: 1770
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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