![]() ![]() Ivory models can be tentatively dated to 1776-1785, as by 1787 a newer model with a hollowed stage in an all-brass configuration already predominated. While there is no surviving example of this exact design, close relatives of this type do exist, made either completely of brass or of ivory with brass pillars. There, Withering indicated this microscope was developed for field dissections of flowers and other plant parts. The earliest reference to a small botanical microscope of Withering’s design appeared in the first edition of this book. Inspired by the taxonomical work and systematic classification of Carl Linnæus (1707-1778), Withering (1776) applied the Linnaean taxonomical system of classification to British plants in a seminal, two volume work, A Botanical arrangement of all the vegetables naturally growing in the British Isles. William Withering (1741-1799), an English physician and botanist who graduated with a degree in medicine 1766 in Edinburgh. ![]() The “Withering-type Microscope” is named for its inventor, Dr. Withering-type botanical microscope, 1780 ![]()
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