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On the relative powers of various substances in preventing the generation of animalcule or the development of their germs : with special reference to the germ theory of putrefaction / by John Dougall.
Dougall, John.Date: 1871- Books
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Tracts on the nature of animals and vegetables. By Lazaro Spallanzani, R. P. U. P.
Spallanzani, Lazzaro, 1729-1799.Date: 1799- Books
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An antidote against a new heresy, concerning the true sonship of Jesus Christ: a sermon from John ix.35. -Dost thou believe on the Son of God? Preached at Howgate; on Monday the 30th of June, 1777: Being a Thanksgiving-Day, after a Celebration of our Lord's Supper. With Some Enlargements and Explanatory Notes. As also An Appendix: Concerning the Wonderful Theory of Animalcular Generation; as lately brought in, by a Clergyman of the Church of Scotland, for the Proper Ground of the Fundamental Article of the Christian Religiond By Adam Gib, Minister of the Gospel at Edinburgh.
Gib, Adam, 1714-1788.Date: M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]- Books
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Of microscopes, and the discoveries made thereby. \b In two volumes, vizt. Vol. I. The microscope made easy: or, The nature, uses, and magnifying powers of the best kinds of microscopes described, calculated and explained. Directions how to prepare, apply, examine and preserve all sorts of objects. An account of discoveries already made by the microscope: and a variety of new experiments and observations. Vol. II. Employment for the miscroscope: or, An examination of salts and saline substances; shewing their amazing configurations and crystals, as formed under the observer's eye. Directions how to be always provided with these most curious objects. Considerations on gems, poisons, the vegetation of metals, the resuscitation of plants, the formation of amber, corals, &c. with discoveries of many strange animalcules. A new micrometer described, and instructions for printing off any medal or coin. Illustrated with many copper plates. By Henry Baker, Fellow of the Royal Society, and member of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Baker, Henry, 1698-1774.Date: [1760?]- Books
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Employment for the microscope. In two parts. I. An examination of salts and saline substances, their amazing configurations and crystals, as formed under the eye of the observer: with plain directions how to prepare such substances, and preserve them in constant readiness for inspection; whereby the curious may always be furnished with numberless objects higherto little known. Also occasional considerations on gems, poisons, the vegetation of metals, the resusciation of plants, the formation of amber, corals, and many other subjects. II. An account of various animalcules never before described, and of many other microscopical discoveries: with observations and remarks. Likewise a description of the microscope used in these experiments, and of a new micrometer serving to shew the size of magnified objects. Together with instructions for printing off any medal or coin. Illustrated with seventeen copper plates. By Henry Baker, fellow of the Royal Society, and member of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Baker, Henry, 1698-1774.Date: 1764- Books
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Employment for the microscope. In two parts. I. An examination of salts and saline substances, their amazing Configurations and Crystals, as formed under the eye of the observer: with Plain Directions how to prepare such Substances, and preserve them in constant Readiness for Inspection; whereby the Curious may always be furnished with numberless Objects hitherto little known. Also Occasional Considerations on Gems, Poisons, the Vegetation of Metals, the Resuscitation of Plants, the Formation of Amber, Corals, and many other Subjects. II. An account of various animalcules never before described, and of many other Microscopical Discoveries: With Observations and Remarks. Likewise A Description of the Microscope used in these Experiments, and of a new Micrometer serving to shew the Size of magnified Objects. Together with Instructions for printing off any Medal or Coin. Illustrated with Seventeen Copper Plates. By Henry Baker, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Member of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Baker, Henry, 1698-1774.Date: 1753- Pictures
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People using Anios disinfectant to destroy microbes representing infectious diseases. Colour lithograph by G. de Trye-Maison, ca. 1910.
Trye-Maison, G. de, active approximately 1910.Date: [1910?]Reference: 460155i- Books
Athanasius Kircher : seine Mikroskopie, die Animalcula und die Pestwürmer / Luigi Belloni.
Belloni, Luigi, 1914-1989.Date: 1985- Books
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Cassell's popular natural history.
Date: [1865-1866]- Books
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of London, upon the New River water, and the church yard of St. Andrew's, Holborn / presented to the Commissioners of Sewers, Tuesday, 11th December, 1855.
City of London (England). Commissioners of Sewers.Date: 1855- Books
Vaccinated : one man's quest to defeat the world's deadliest diseases / Paul A. Offit.
Offit, Paul A.Date: 2008, ©2007- Books
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An inquiry into the original production of insects in human bodies, Especially of the Seminal Animalcula; And whether these pass the Testicular Strainers, and are reposited in the Seminal Bladders in Infants, or not till near Puberty.
Date: 1727- Books
An inquiry into the original production of insects in human bodies, especially of the seminal animalcula; and whether these pass the testicular strainers, and are reposited in the seminal bladders in infants, or not till near puberty.
Date: 1727- Books
The germ of an idea : contagionism, religion, and society in Britain, 1660-1730 / Margaret DeLacy.
DeLacy, MargaretDate: 2016- Books
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Animalcula infusoria fluviatilia et marina que detexit, systematice descripsit et ad vivum delineari curavit Otho Fridericus Müller sistit opus hoc posthumum quod cum tabulis Aeneis L. in lucem tradit vidua ejus nobilissima cura Othonis Fabricii / [Otto Frederik Müller].
Müller, Otto Frederik, 1730-1784.Date: 1786- Books
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A new, complete, and universal body, or system of natural history; being a grand, accurate, and extensive display of animated nature. Containing accurate descriptions and faithful histories of all the several classes of animals, which inhabit the air, the earth, and the water, in the several parts of the world. Including an authentic account of all the infinite variety of beasts, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, and amphibious creatures, such as frogs, lizards, serpents, &c. ... Comprehending also, a general and very particular account and description of all kinds of vegetables, fossils, shells, minerals, &c.-and a theory of the earth in general. Comprising likewise a genuine history of waters, stones, roots, barks, ... Together with a curious historical account and description of the various classes of animalcules, which are visible only by the assistance of microscopes. ... The whole comprehending all the valuable discoveries and observations of former writers on the subject, and collectors of natural curiosities; namely those of Buffon, Linnaeus, Goldsmith, Hill, Brookes, Kenrick, Ward, Smellie, Albin, Berkinhout, Forster, Thickness, Watson, Banks, Solander, Sir Ashton Lever, Pennant, ... In this work will likewise be given, a particular account of the properties, virtues, and various uses of all the different subjects of natural history, in medicine, mechanics, manufactures, &c. To which will also be added, a copious index of the whole contents of the work. ... Written by a society of gentlemen, ... And published under the immediate inspection of George Henry Millar, Esq. author of that universally approved work, entitled, The new and universal system of geography; or, A complete modern history and description of the whole world:-which now publishing in only eighty numbers, one or two which may be had at a time, price only 6d. each, embellished with fine copper-plates, .... making a large folio volume. Price 2l. 8s. bound in calf and leather.
Society of Gentlemen.Date: [1785]- Books
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Micrographia illustrata, or, the microscope explained, in several new inventions ... Likewise a natural history of aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic animals, &c. considered as microscopic objects ... To which is added a translation of Mr. Jablott's observations on the animalcula ... and a very particular account of ... the fresh water polype ... / Translated from ... Mr. Trembley.
Adams, George, 1709-1772Date: 1771- Books
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Essay on the mineral waters of Carlsbad, for physicians and patients, / by Chevalier John de Carro.
Carro, Joannes de, 1770-1857.Date: 1835- Books
The secret life of germs : observations and lessons from a microbe hunter / Philip M. Tierno, Jr.
Tierno, Philip M.Date: [2001], ©2001- Books
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Micrographia illustrata, or, the knowledge of the microscope explain'd: together with an account of a new invented universal, single or double, microscope ... Also an account of the principal microscopical discoveries ... / To which is added a translation of Mr. Joblott's observations on the animalcula ... and a very particular account of ... the fresh water polype, translated from the French treatise of Mr. Trembley.
Adams, George, 1709-1772Date: 1746- Books
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The description and manner of using Mr. Wilson's sett of pocket-microscopes, Lately Publish'd in the Philosophical Transactions, No 281, And mention'd in No 284, 285, &c. Which Microscopes are with Great Ease apply'd in viewing Opake, Transparent and Liquid Objects: As the Farina of the Flowers of Plants, &c. The Circulation of the Blood in divers living Creatures, &c. The Animalcula in Semine, &c.
Wilson, James, 1665-1730.Date: Printed in the Year, MDCCVI. [1706]- Pictures
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A variety of rhizopods, some cross-sectioned. Line block.
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A variety of rhizopods, some cross-sectioned. Line block.
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Botanick essays. In two parts. The first containing, the structure of the flowers, and the fructification of plants, with their various distributions into method: and the second, the generation of plants, with their sexes and manner of impregnating the seed: also concerning the animalcula in semine masculino. Together with the nourishment of plants, and circulation of the sap in all seasons, analogous to that of the blood in animals. With many curious remarks, and several discoveries and improvements. Adorn'd with figures ... / By Patrick Blair.
Blair, Patrick, -1728.Date: 1720- Books
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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.
Adams, George, 1709-1772.Date: 1747