Mary Ward (scientist) - Wikipedia
WEBShe was using a magnifying glass to see the tiny details, and her drawing so impressed him that he immediately persuaded her father to buy her a microscope. A compound microscope made by Andrew Ross (model 112) was purchased for £48 12s 8d.
Mary Ward 1827-1869 · The Scientific Vision of Women · Duke …
WEBWard lacked formal scientific training and remembered the frustration of using her first microscope. Ward’s illustrations aid those “unversed in microscopic marvels” in learning to operate a microscope, prepare specimen slides, and interpret their observations.
Parsonstown | The genius of the Parsons family | Mary Ward
WEBMary Ward (née King), a cousin and neighbour of William Parsons, third Earl of Rosse, was a self-taught expert in natural history and microscopy. She made beautiful drawings of insects, plants, etc., seen through the microscope, the foundation of …
Microscopy books by Mary Ward | Whipple Library - University of …
WEBMary Ward (1827-1869) took a keen interest in natural history and astronomy from childhood. Her enthusiasm led to serious study and she produced microscope slides and skilled and accurate illustrations, both for her own work and for others.
Mary Ward / Astronomer, Microscopist, Author & Artist
WEBFeb 11, 2020 · Ward produced many sketches of the different stages of the construction, and these sketches were later used to help in the reconstruction of the telescope. When she was a teenager, she was gifted her first microscope, probably one of the finest microscopes in Ireland at the time, and this became her life’s interest.
Mary Ward - UCD Institute for Discovery - University College Dublin
WEBJul 21, 2023 · Enchanted by the natural world around her, Mary aged three, began collecting butterflies and was soon was using her father’s magnifying glass to draw them, and other insects, with skilful precision. A visiting scientist was so impressed he insisted her father buy the then 18-year-old the finest microscope available. Rarely was a …
Scientist of the Day - Mary Ward - The Linda Hall Library
WEBAug 31, 2021 · Mary published a book, Sketches with the Microscope, in 1857, illustrated with her own drawings, and with a very personal text full of her own exuberant observations, much in the manner of Robert Hooke’s Micrographia. The book was often reworked and republished in the next two decades.
Microscope teachings : descriptions of various objects of especial ...
WEBMARCXML. Illustrated by the author's original drawings, with directions for the arrangement of a microscope, and the collection and mounting of objects.
Wine Glasses, Mermaids and Microscopes: Mary Ward and Clara …
WEBBoth Henry James Slack’s Marvels of Pond-Life and Mary Ward’s Microscope Teachings copied one of Gosse’s illustrations. They included a drawing of the jaw of a rotifer, a microscopic freshwater animal, which Gosse had made in 1862.
Year 9 – 1869: The Microscope, or, Descriptions of Various …
WEBJan 15, 2011 · Mary Ward was a remarkable and determined woman. Although she lacked formal scientific training, she studied entomology and astronomy as well as microscopy, and wrote popular works on each of those topics, placing her among the earliest women to publish in such fields.
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