The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation : In two parts. viz. the heavenly bodies, elements, meteors, fossils, vegetables, animals, (beasts, birds, fishes, and insects) more particularly in the body of the earth, its figure, motion, and consistency, and in the admirable structure of the bodies of man, and other animals, as also in their generation, &c / By John Ray.

  • John Ray
Date:
1692
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Credit: The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation : In two parts. viz. the heavenly bodies, elements, meteors, fossils, vegetables, animals, (beasts, birds, fishes, and insects) more particularly in the body of the earth, its figure, motion, and consistency, and in the admirable structure of the bodies of man, and other animals, as also in their generation, &c / By John Ray. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ]i i 7]: Iff. j The Contents of the firft Part. u>hat u[e^ p, 102. Of the Signaturei of TlantSy \ P-io?- Of Animals; 'The Trovifon - thaf s made for the continuance of the Sfecies^ 104^ i o y. That Fe¬ males have from the beginnings the Seeds of all the Toung they foall ever bring forth^ p. An Objervdtion of Cicero’j about multiparous Creatures, p.' 106. Why Birds ,lay Eggs, 106, Of ivhat ufe the ‘Yolk of the Egg is to the Chicken, loy. Two Objervations about Birds, counting the number of the Toung and Eggs, p. io8j 109. The Jpeedy Growth of young Birds, .109. The Trocefs of building their Nefis and 'Incubation, iiOj iii. Feeding, brooding, defending’^ and educating their young, and the admirable they have to them, iii, 112. The due numerical proportion between ATales and^ Females in all kinds kept up confantly, ip. 112. The conveniency of the time of the Tear when the feveral forts of Animals are brought forth, ib, and 114.^ The conveniency of< the place where Infects lay their Eggs for hatching, and Food when hat dot,-p. iij-. Of various firange Injtincts of Animals, p. 16, 17^ 18, 19. Why Birds fvaU low^ Pebble-fones, p. 120. Of the ufe of the Saliva, and that Birds 1^ have fuch a kind of Juice, 121, 'The Provifon of Nature for keep¬ ing Birds Nefis clean, p. 121. The wonderful Art obfervable in the Situation and ConfiruBim of Honey-combs, p. 122, 125. Bees and other Animals laying up in fiore either for the Foqd of their Toung, or their own Winter-provifion, P* TheProvifion that is made for the Prefavation' and Security of weak ^ ^3 and V 1
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