Essays on the Microscope
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- Containing a Practical Description of the Most Improved Microscopes, a General History of Insects, etc., etc.
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1. Front matter2. ESSAYS ON THE MICROSCOPE.3. PREFACE.4. A LIST OF THE AUTHORS WHICH HAVE BEEN CONSULTED IN THE COMPILATION OF THE FORMER AND PRESENT EDITION OF THESE ESSAYS.5. ADVERTISEMENT.6. ERRATA.7. LIST OF THE PLATES, WITH REFERENCES TO THE PAGES WHERE THE SEVERAL FIGURES ARE DESCRIBED.8. CHAP. I. A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE INVENTION AND IMPROVEMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE UPON THE INSTRUMENT CALLED A MICROSCOPE.9. CHAP. II. OF VISION; OF THE OPTICAL EFFECT OF MICROSCOPES, AND OF THE MANNER OF ESTIMATING THEIR MAGNIFYING POWERS.10. CHAP. III. A DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST APPROVED MICROSCOPES, AND THE METHOD OF USING THEM.11. CHAP. III. A DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST APPROVED MICROSCOPES, AND THE METHOD OF USING THEM. (continued 2)12. CHAP. IV. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE MICROSCOPE AND PREPARING THE OBJECTS.13. CHAP. V. THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY; OF INSECTS IN GENERAL, AND OF THEIR CONSTITUENT PARTS.14. CHAP. V. THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY; OF INSECTS IN GENERAL, AND OF THEIR CONSTITUENT PARTS. (continued 2)15. CHAP. V. THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY; OF INSECTS IN GENERAL, AND OF THEIR CONSTITUENT PARTS. (continued 3)16. CHAP. V. THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY; OF INSECTS IN GENERAL, AND OF THEIR CONSTITUENT PARTS. (continued 4)17. CHAP. VI. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE INTERNAL PARTS OF INSECTS, AND MORE PARTICULARLY OF THE CATERPILLAR OF THE PHALÆNA COSSUS—-A DESCRIPTION OF SUNDRY MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS.18. CHAP. VII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HYDRA, OR FRESH-WATER POLYPE.19. CHAP. VII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HYDRA, OR FRESH-WATER POLYPE. (continued 2)20. CHAP. VIII. OF THE ANIMALCULA INFUSORIA.21. CHAP. VIII. OF THE ANIMALCULA INFUSORIA. (continued 2)22. CHAP. VIII. OF THE ANIMALCULA INFUSORIA. (continued 3)23. CHAP. IX. ON THE ORGANIZATION OR CONSTRUCTION OF TIMBER, AS VIEWED BY THE MICROSCOPE.24. CHAP. X. OF THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF SALTS, AS SEEN BY THE MICROSCOPE; TOGETHER WITH A CONCISE LIST OF OBJECTS.25. CHAP. XI. AN ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF MINUTE AND RARE SHELLS.—A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF A VARIETY OF VEGETABLE SEEDS, AS THEY APPEAR WHEN VIEWED BY THE MICROSCOPE. BY THE EDITOR.26. CHAP. XII. INSTRUCTIONS FOR COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS—A COPIOUS LIST OF MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS. BY THE EDITOR.27. ADDITIONS.28. LIST OF THE PRICES AT WHICH THE MICROSCOPES AND APPARATUS ARE MADE AND SOLD BY MESSRS. JONES, HOLBORN, LONDON.29. INDEX.30. A CATALOGUE OF Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Instruments, MADE AND SOLD BY W. and S. JONES, [No. 135,] NEXT FURNIVAL’S-INN, HOLBORN, LONDON.31. Transcriber’s Notes