The history of an invention, whether of science or art, may be compared to the growth of an organism such as a tree. The wind, or the random visit of a bee, unites the pollen in the flower, the green fruit forms and ripens to the perfect seed, which, on being planted in congenial soil, takes root and f...

Samuel Thomas Soemmerring,Westpreußisches Landesmuseum, Am Steintor 5, 48167 Münster-Wolbeck