Reductio ad 16mm.

Abstract

As early as 1864 The British Association heard a report from H. C. Sorby on the production of microscopical photographs of various kinds of iron and steel. In the Siege of Paris in 1871 photomicrographic messages were reaching the inhabitants by pigeon post. In 1886 I. H. Jennings supplied the needs of the growing body of amateurs in this field with his How to Photograph Microscopic Objects or, Lessons in Photomicrography for Beginners (London, Piper and Carter), while Andrew Pringle's Practical Photomicrography (London, Iliffe, 1893) demonstrated the advances that had been made in this fascinating subject before the end of the nineteenth century. Photomicrography has a long and detailed history.

Citation

COLLISON, R.L. (1959), "Reductio ad 16mm.", Library Review, Vol. 17 No. 4, pp. 240-244. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012315