Two Volumes of Pasquils

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which he constructed so accurately and skillfully with three lenses original: "perspicillis" adapted to the sight of the eyes. When two microscopes of rare utility were finally finished, he offered one to the most illustrious Royal Society The Royal Society of London, founded in 1660, the oldest national scientific institution in the world. and granted the other to me for a fee as a token of friendship. From this it can be understood that this most noble invention was not one of the common sort, such as the Dutch original: "Batavi" gave some time ago and produced with otherwise noteworthy industry. Instead, it surpassed even the keenness of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) was a Dutch scientist known as the Father of Microbiology for his pioneering work with microscopes. himself, who had led the way in