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Henry Baker. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter, 1812, after J. Thomson.

Baker on the microscope and the polype / by Professor Lorande Loss Woodruff.

Employment for the microscope ... I. An examination of salts and saline substances ... also ... considerations on gems, poisons ... and ... other subjects. II. An account of various animalcules ... and ... other ... discoveries ... Likewise a description of the microscope used / In two parts : illustrated with seventeen copper plates by Henry Baker.

Of microscopes, and the discoveries made thereby / By Henry Baker.

An attempt towards a natural history of the polype : in a letter to Martin Folkes / By Henry Baker.

The microscope made easy: or, I. The nature, uses and magnifying powers of the best kinds of microscopes ... II. An account of what surprizing discoveries have been already made by the microscope / By Henry Baker.

The microscope made easy: or, I. The nature, uses, and magnifying powers of the best kinds of microscopes ... II. An account of what surprising discoveries have already been made by the microscope ... / By Henry Baker.

Extract of a letter from John Browning Esq., of Barton-Hill near Bristol, to Mr Henry Baker, F.R.S., concerning a dwarf.

Universe. A philosophical poem. Intended to restrain the pride of man. By Henry Baker, Fellow of the Royal-Society, and member of the Society of Antiquaries, in London.

Essai sur l'histoire naturelle du polype insecte / Traduit de l'anglois par M.P. Demours.

The microscope made easy: or, I. The nature, uses, and magnifying powers of the best kinds of microscopes described, calculated, and explained: for the Instruction of such, particularly, as desire to search into the Wonders of the Minute Creation, tho' they are not acquainted with Optics. Together with Full Directions how to prepare, apply, examine, and preserve all Sorts of Objects, and proper Cautions to be observed in viewing them. II. An account of what surprizing discoveries have been already made by the microscope: With useful Reflections on them. And also a great variety of new experiments and observations, pointing out many uncommon Subjects for the Examination of the Curious. By Henry Baker, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Member of the Society of Antiquaries, in London. Illustrated with Copper Plates.

The universal spectator. By Henry Stonecastle, of Northumber land, Esq; ...

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Baker, Henry, 1698-1774

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Extract of a letter from John Browning Esq., of Barton-Hill near Bristol, to Mr Henry Baker, F.R.S., concerning a dwarf.

Universe. A philosophical poem. Intended to restrain the pride of man. By Henry Baker, Fellow of the Royal-Society, and member of the Society of Antiquaries, in London.

Essai sur l'histoire naturelle du polype insecte / Traduit de l'anglois par M.P. Demours.

The universal spectator. By Henry Stonecastle, of Northumber land, Esq; ...