Micrographia illustrata, or, the knowledge of the microscope explain'd: together with an account of a new invented universal, single or double microscope, either of which is capable of being applied to an improv'd solar apparatus ... ; To which is added, a translation of Mr. Joblott's observations on the animalcula, that are found in many different sorts of infusions; and a very particular account of that surprising phænomenon, the fresh water polype, translated from the French treatise of Mr. Trembley ... / By George Adams.

  • George Sr. Adams
Date:
1747
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Credit: Micrographia illustrata, or, the knowledge of the microscope explain'd: together with an account of a new invented universal, single or double microscope, either of which is capable of being applied to an improv'd solar apparatus ... ; To which is added, a translation of Mr. Joblott's observations on the animalcula, that are found in many different sorts of infusions; and a very particular account of that surprising phænomenon, the fresh water polype, translated from the French treatise of Mr. Trembley ... / By George Adams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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