Account of some new microscopical discoveries : founded on an examination of the calamary, and its wonderful milt-vessels, (each of which tho' they exceed not an horsehair in diameter, contains a minute apparatus analogous to that of a pump, with a fine spiral spring, sucker, barrel, &c.) tending to prove by an accurate description of their motion, action, &c. that the hitherto supposed animalcules in the semen of animals, are nothing more than machines similar, tho' inconceivably less, to those discovered in this sea-production : also, observations on the Farina foecundans of plants : with a new discovery and description of the action of those minute bodies, analogous to that of the calamary's milt-vessels : and an examination of the pistil, uterus and stamina of several flowers, with an attempt to shew how the seed is impregnated : likewise observations on the supposed embryo sole-fish fixed to the bodies of shrimp : with a new discovery of a remarkable animalcule found single on the tail-part of each embryo : a description of the eels or worms in blighted wheat, and other curious particulars relating to the natural history of animals, plants, &c.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Needham, John Turberville

Language:

English

Place of Publication:

1745