MICROGRAPHIA RESTAURATA

MICROGRAPHIA RESTAURATA

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Micrographia Restaurata, & c

INDEX

	Constituent Parts of, elastic.	33
	Supposed impervious to Air.	ibid.
	Of a Peacock,
	Structure of describ'd.	ibid.
	Beautiful Colours in, accounted for.	ibid.
FERN,
	Branches of, like the Configurations of frozen Urine.	12
	Suppos'd to have no Seeds, by Dr. Hooke.	ibid.
	That Supposition found to be a Mistake.	ibid.
FLEAS,
	Body of, cover'd with Scales curiously jointed and ex- quisitely polish'd.	61
	Necks of, arch'd and jointed much like the Tale of a Lobster.	ibid.
	Scales of, have each one Row of Bristles like the Quills of a Porcupine along the Middle of it.	ibid.
	Eyes of, black, encompass'd with a green glittering Iris like the Eyes of a Cat.	ibid.
	Proboscis of.	ibid.
	Legs of, their curious Structure.	ibid.
	The like not discover'd in any other Animal.	ibid.
	Excellently fitted for its Escape.	ibid.
	Feet of, arm'd with hook'd Claws or Talons.	ibid.
	Eggs of, cemented at the Roots of the Hair.	62
	Produce a small whitish Worm or Maggot.	ibid.
	Undergo the same Changes with Flies, Butterflies, Moths, & c.	ibid.
	Instances of their great Strength and Agility.	ibid.
	Methods of destroying them.	63
	Driven away by Bugs.	ibid.
FLINTS,
	Diamonds or Chrystals sound in the Cavities of.	8
	Cast Reflections partly from without and partly from within the Surface.	ibid.
	Too small for any certain Experiments to be made on.	ibid.
FLY,
	Foot of, describ'd.	34
	Has a Kind of Spunges, by the Means of which it can adhere to hard and slippery Bodies.	ibid.
	The Spunges thick set at the Bottom with strong Bristles or Hooks.	ibid.
	Surrounded with soft Hairs	ibid.
	Eye of,
	Compos'd of many Hemispheres each of which re- flected the Image of a Window.	35
	Wing of,	35, 40
	Compos'd of a thin filmy Substance.	35
	This Film extended out and strengthen'd by strong bony Ribs.	ibid.
	Cover'd all over with innumerable small Hairs.	ibid.
	Vibrations in, computed,	40
	Supposed to be the swiftest Vibrations in Nature.	ibid.
	Horns of,	38
	Proboscis of,	ibid.
	Smellers or Feelers of,	39
	Tail of, thick set with strong Bristles.	ibid.
	Blood Vessels in the Intestines of,	ibid.
	Its extreme Agility and Sagacity to be observ'd.	ibid.
	Cannot fly steadily if depriv'd of its Balances.	40
	G.
GLOBULES, Combinations of,		9
	May produce all the Variety of Figures that can be suppos'd to be made out of equilateral Triangles.	ibid.
	Instances of them.	ibid.
	May produce the Chrystalization of Salts.	ibid.
	Struck with a Flint and Steel.	5
	Of Lead and Tin, to make.	ibid.
GNAT,
	Lays its Spawn in the Water.	47
	Produces small reddist Maggots which change to the Nymphæ Vermiculi.	ibid.
	Nympha Vermiculus, describ'd.	ibid.
	Changes into the Nympha.	48
	Nympha or Aurelia describ'd.	ibid.
	Turns into the Gnat.	ibid.
	In its perfect State describ'd.	49
	Male has two fine Tusts of Hair on its Forehead.	ibid.
	Iæ Proboscis contains sour Darts like the Sting of a Bee.	ibid.
	Wings of,	50
	Sucks the Blood not out of Anger or Enmity, but to satisfy its Hunger.	ibid.
	H.
HAIRS,
	Of a Hog,	6
	Prismatical with round angles.	ibid.
	Without Pores.	ibid.
	Of a Cat,
	Have a large Pith but no Pores that could be dis- cover'd.	ibid.
	Of a Horse,
	Cylindrical and pithy,	ibid.
	Human, almost round.	ibid.
	Solid Cylinders according to Dr. Hooke.	ibid.
	Hollow, according to Dr. Power.	ibid.
	Roots of, tapering like a Parsnep.	ibid.
	No Filaments from, like those from the Roots of Plants to be found.	ibid.
	Vary according to the Parts they are taken from	7
	Of Animals, tubular according to Malpigbi.	6
	Of an Indian Deer,	7
	Extremely tapering.	ibid.
	To the Eye like a Thread of coarse Canvas newly unravell'd.	ibid.
	In the Microscope appear'd perforated from Side to Side like Coral.	ibid.
	Has no Pores longitudinally.	ibid.
	Of a Mouse,
	Have spiral Lines running from the Bottom to the Top.	ibid.
HUMBLE PLANT, vid. SENSIBLE PLANT.
HUNTING SPIDER, vid. SPIDER.
HYGROMETER.
	Made of the Beard of the Wild-Oat	24
	of Cat-gut, twisted Cord, & c.	ibid.
	of the Beards of the Geranium.	ibid.
	I.
ICE,
	On Water, in many thin Laminæ.	12
	Laminæ of, sigur'd like Herring Bones or the Branches of Fern.	ibid.
	Expos'd to freeze on a Marble, exhibited many Fi- gures like Feathers.	ibid.
	On Urine, vid. Urine.
IMAGES, reflected from the Eye of a Drone		35
INSECT,
	Crab-like.	57
	Hatch'd on a Vine,	60
	Cover'd with a scaly Husk like the Wood-louse.	ibid.
	Suppos'd by Dr. Hooke to be really young Wood-lice.	ibid.
	Size of, compar'd with that of a full grown Wood- louse.	ibid.
	K.
KETTERING STONE,
	Compos'd of minute Globular Bodies.	13
	Appear'd thro' the Microscope like the Ovary or hard Row of some Fish.	ibid.
	The Globules so firmly united as not to be separated without breaking.	ibid.
	Each Globule compos'd of two Substances surrounding each other like the White and Yolk of an Egg.	ibid.
	Harder than Free-stone, but pervious to Air and Water.	ibid.
	L.
LAWN,		2, 22
	Appears thro' the Microscope like a Lattice Window.	2
LEAD,
	Globules of,	5
	To make.	ibid.
	To be produc'd from red Wafers by burning at a Candle.	ibid.
LEAVES of Plants,
	Most of them cover'd with a Down or Hair.	22
	Many have sharp Needles on their Surfaces, as the sting- ing Nettle.	ibid.
	Of Clivers have Hooks like Cats Claws.	ibid.
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