It is known he got an instrument made by Simon Ploessl in 1832 .
What did he use before that ? A magnifying glass or a simple compound microscope ? -- made by whom ?
Later he was rewarded with an instrument made by Pistor and Schieck . What do we know about this microscope ?
Which microscopes did he use when he returned to Prague ?
Where are these microscopes today ?
Ortwin Bock in Cape Town South Africa [email protected]
Dear Ortwin,
Check if this helps you:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Evangelista_Purkyn%C4%9B
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_microscope#Compound_microscope
Article [Symposium devoted to the work of J.E. Purkyné and to the de...
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Thank you Beatrice . Some of your references are known to me . I will try to get to read the others soon.
You might like to read : Ortwin Bock
A history of the development of histology up to the end of the nineteenth century
Research 2015 :2: 1283 http://dx.doi.org/10.13070/rs.en.2.1283
Keep well
Ortwin
PS I am an octogenarian retired gastroenterologist who likes to dabble in the history of the neuron . I have no academic affiliation . If you Google ortwin bock you will come to a website I share with a Bavarian namesake whom I met on one of my journeys to Germany. Fun !
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