But back in the 18th century, the microscope was the hottest party trick in town. Back in those days, English intellectuals would throw friendly social gatherings known as science parties.

Accordingly, microscopists in the 17th and 18th centuries experimented with various types of glass for their lenses alongside the mechanics of the microscopes themselves, working to increase ...

October 19, 1781, was not a good day for men of the Bayreuth-Ashbach Regiment. At order of their ruler and at behest of Great Britain’s King George III, also the king of the German state of ...

A microscope manufactured specifically for Captain Cook’s maiden voyage of discovery of Australia in the 18th century is about to go under the hammer. It is expected to fetch between $59,000 and ...

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