Spectacle de la Nature: Or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History as Were Thought Most Proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth. ... Translated from the Original French, by Mr. Humphreys |
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Page vi
... fame , in Points of Investiga- tion and Philofophy . ' Tis a very dangerous At- tempt , to give Language to Des Cartes , Mal- branche , or Newton , and to lend these great Men their Ideas and Views . ' Tis eafy to de- clare that we are ...
... fame , in Points of Investiga- tion and Philofophy . ' Tis a very dangerous At- tempt , to give Language to Des Cartes , Mal- branche , or Newton , and to lend these great Men their Ideas and Views . ' Tis eafy to de- clare that we are ...
Page xiii
... fame Hand ; to which we may add , the Gnats and other Infects ; together with the principal Species of Fish and amphibious Animals , & c . Thofe who are defirous of inferting them in the for mer Editions of this Work , may purchafe them ...
... fame Hand ; to which we may add , the Gnats and other Infects ; together with the principal Species of Fish and amphibious Animals , & c . Thofe who are defirous of inferting them in the for mer Editions of this Work , may purchafe them ...
Page xv
... fame time , or feparately . The whole appears in the Magnitude exhibited in a Microscope . C. The Dragon Fly magnified . D. The two Eyes of the Infect . E. A Mite as it appears in a Microscope . F. A Pif- mire magnified . G. The Mole ...
... fame time , or feparately . The whole appears in the Magnitude exhibited in a Microscope . C. The Dragon Fly magnified . D. The two Eyes of the Infect . E. A Mite as it appears in a Microscope . F. A Pif- mire magnified . G. The Mole ...
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... fame Things , but here is a furprizing Variety : I believe , there is nothing brought from the four Quarters of the World , but what may be seen in this Place . The Count , among other Things , must needs have collected Animals of every ...
... fame Things , but here is a furprizing Variety : I believe , there is nothing brought from the four Quarters of the World , but what may be seen in this Place . The Count , among other Things , must needs have collected Animals of every ...
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... fame Skin . 2 The Scales fiding over one another . 3 The Ligaments of Ants , Spiders & c . 4 The Teeth or Saws . 5 Infects fufpended by their Thread . 6 The Springs of the Grass - hopper . 7 The Horns or Antenne . 8 The Horns or Antenna ...
... fame Skin . 2 The Scales fiding over one another . 3 The Ligaments of Ants , Spiders & c . 4 The Teeth or Saws . 5 Infects fufpended by their Thread . 6 The Springs of the Grass - hopper . 7 The Horns or Antenne . 8 The Horns or Antenna ...
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afcend Affiftance againſt Animals Bark becauſe Bees befide beſt Birds Body Caterpillars Cells Chev Chevalier Chives cloſe Colours compleat compofed Confequence Count Countefs Countess Curiofity defire diſcover Diſtance Earth Eggs faften fame fecond feems feen feminal fenfible ferves feveral fhall fhould Fibres fince firft firſt Fiſh Flowers fmall fome fometimes Form ftill ftrong fuch fufficient fuftain fupplied furniſhed Glew herſelf himſelf Hive Induſtry Infects Inftance inſtead itſelf Juices Labours laft leaft leaſt Leaves lefs likewife Manner moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature neceffary Neft Nouriſhment Number Nymph obferve Occafion Paffage pafs Plant pleaſe Pleaſure prefent preferve Prior Provifions Purpoſe raiſe Reafon reft rife Seed ſhe Shell Silk Silk-Worms Skin ſmall Species Spider thefe thefe Creatures themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand Thread thro tion Tree Trunk uſe Utricles Veffels Wafps Water whofe whole Wings Wood Worm Young