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some of the first women to use a microscope. Susanna and her sister's work was used by their father because he considered that the best engravers were not equally reliable. The illustrations were thought to be essential by her father as he wanted them to distract observers from his interest in molluscs. He was a physician and he worried that his interests may be seen as eccentric.
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Her father had a large collection of seashells and they would learn how to draw these accurately. Martin Lister published a book of shell illustrations titled "De cochleis" and some of the illustrations are marked with "AL pni." and "SL" as attribution. Their drawings were etched in Oxford. They were
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