#Agnes Catlow

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Agnes Catlow – Scientist of the Day

Agnes Catlow, an English popular science author, died May 10, 1889, at the age of about 83.  

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“My readers must fancy themselves spirits, capable of living in a medium different from our atmosphere, and so pass with me through a wonderful brazen tunnel, with crystal doors at the entrance.“ From Agnes Catlow’s Drops of Water (1851). More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/agnes-catlows-drops-of-water-1851

[thebeautifulbook]

DROPS OF WATER: THEIR MARVELOUS AND BEAUTIFUL INHABITANTS DISPLAYED BY THE MICROSCOPE by Agnes Catlow (London: Reeve and Benham, 1851). Illustrated.

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Agnes Catlow, Drops of Water, 1851 Book cover.

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Agnes Catlow’s Drops of Water (1851)

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Illustrations taken from ‘Drops of Water’ - ‘their marvellous and beautiful inhabitants displayed by the microscope’ by Agnes Catlow.

Published 1851 by Reeve and Benham.

Fisher - University of Toronto

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#water #scientific illustration #science #Microscopy #Microorganisms

[wapiti3]

Popular greenhouse botany containing a familiar and technical description of a selection of the exotic plants introduced into the greenhouse. 

By Catlow, Agnes, 1807--188 Publication info London,L. Reeve,1857. BHL Collections: Smithsonian Libraries

#botanical illustration #floriculture #plants #greenhouse #flowers #illustrations

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[publicdomainreview]

“My readers must fancy themselves spirits, capable of living in a medium different from our atmosphere, and so pass with me through a wonderful brazen tunnel, with crystal doors at the entrance.“ From Agnes Catlow’s Drops of Water (1851). More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/agnes-catlows-drops-of-water-1851