MICROGRAPHIA RESTAURATA

MICROGRAPHIA RESTAURATA

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Micrographia Restaurata, & c

INDEX


LIBELLA, or D?RACON FLY,
	Eye of,	36
	Number of Lenses in, computed by Mr. Lecuwenbock.	ibid.
LOUSE, describ'd		63
	Has no Mouth that opens, according to Swammerdam.	ib.
	Eyes of,
	Plac'd where the Ears of other Creatures stand.	ibid.
	Legs of, much like those of a Lobster or Crab.	64
	The Liver or Pancreas, not moving in one that had fasted for some time.	ibid.
	Anus of.	ibid.
	Heart of.	ibid.
	Proceeds from Parents of its own kind, and not from Juices in the human Body.	ibid.
	Male arm'd with a Sting in its Tail, the Female not.	65
	Stings only when ill treated.	ibid.
	M.
MISTAKES, of great Men should make us cautious of giving our Opinion without having examin'd fully.		12
MITES,
	Wandering, so call'd from being found wandring to and sro over Glass-Windows, Walls, &c.	56
	Description of.	ibid.
	Suppos'd by Dr. Hooke to be the wandering Parents of the Cheese Mite.	57
	In Cheese, describ'd,	59
	Mouth of, red withinside.	ibid.
	Chew the Cud.	ibid.
	Legs of, some plac'd forwards, others backwards.	ibid.
	Many various kinds of,	ibid.
	Very voracious.	ibid.
MOTH, white-feather-wing'd.		51
	Wings of, each confifting of two long slender Feathers like those in the Wings of Birds.	ibid.
	Body of, cover'd with a crusted but tender Shell,	ibid.
	Grey plum'd, has eight or ten Divisions.	ibid.
MOULDINESS,
	On Leather.	19
	A Number of minute Vegetables bearing Balls almost like Mushrooms.	ibid.
	On many different Bodies and at different Seasons of the Year.	ibid.
	Of various Forms.	ibid.
	These and Mushrooms, according to Dr. Hooke, pro- duc'd from Putrefaction without Seeds.	ibid.
MUSHROOMS,
	Suppos'd by our Author not to bear Seed.	ibid.
	Seeds of, may be found between the Gills by the As- sistance of a good Glass.	ibid.
	N.
NATURE, Works of,
	Admirable for their Minuteness.	7
	for their Variety.	12
NEEDLE, Point of,
	Nearest to a physical Point.	1
	When view'd by the Micoscope how irregular and un- even.	ibid.
	Many visible Points much sharper.	ibid.
	O.
OPIUM,
	What,	26
	Great Virtues of,	ibid.
	The Knowledge of, probably of very great Antiquity.	ib.
	Mention'd by Homer under the Name of Nepenthe.	ibid.
	The dissolv'd Particles of, appear'd in the Microscope to be fring'd Globules.	27
	Sleeping Quality of, accounted for,	ibid.
	P.
PAPER, magnify'd appear'd like Shag-Cloth,		1
PETRIFIED WOOD,
	The Pores of, larger than those of Charcoal.	15
	The Parts of, not dissering from what they were when Wood.	ibid.
	Weight of,	ibid.
	Lost nothing of its Substance when heated rod hot.	16
	Bubbles rais'd in by Vinegar.	ibid.
PISMIRE, vid. ANT.
PRINTED DOT or TITTLE view'd by the Microscope like a Splatch of London Dirt.		1
	R.
RAZOR, Edge of,		2
	Seems a rough Surface of an unequal Breadth.	ibid.
RIBBON, wheal'd Taffety, appear'd thro' the Microscope like Matting for Doors.		33
	Threads of, appear'd like Ropes.	ibid.
ROSE LEAVES,
	A curious minute Plant on,	19
	Compar'd with the large Trees in Guinea and Brazil.	21
ROSEMARY LEAF,
	Surface of, appear'd in the Microscope like a quilted Bag of green Silk.	ibid.
	S.
SALTS,
	Christalizations of, suppos'd to be form'd from Combi- nations of Globules.	9
SANDS,
	Many like the Chrystals in Flints.	8
	Not form'd by the Comminution of larger chrystaline Bodies, but by the Coagulation of Water or some other Fluid.	ibid.
	In general only small Stones or Pebbles.	ibid.
	Different according to the Places they are brought from.	ibid.
	White, for writing, appear like transparent Pieces of Allum, Sal Gem, or Chrystal, but mostly irregular.	ibid.
	Black, from the West-Indies, have polish'd shining Sur- faces.	ibid.
	Reddish, from abroad resemble a Jeweller's Box of Rubies, & c.	ibid.
SCALE,
	Of a Soal-fish.	29
	Of a Perch.	30
SEA-MOSS,		13
SEA-WEED,
	Contexture of, much like a Honey Comb.	21
	The Holes in, of the Form of the Sole of a round toed Shoe, each beset with small Thorns.	ibid.
SEEDS,
	Of Mushrooms may be found between the Gills.	19
	Of the Corn-Violet.	25
	Cover'd with a tough shining Skin with irregular In- dentings therein.	ibid.
	Of Thyme,
	Resemble dry'd Oranges or Lemons both in Shape and Colour.	ibid.
	Of Poppy,
	Appear by the Microscope in the Form of a Kidney, with Hexagonal and Pentagonal Indentings all over the Surface.	26
	Of Purslain,
	In the Form of the Nautilus, curl'd in the manner of a Spiral.	27
	Of Scurvy Grass,
	Like a Porcelane Shell.	ibid.
	Of Marjoram,
	Resemble Olives.	ibid.
	Of Carrot,
	Like the Cleft of a Cocoa Nut Shell.	ibid.
	Of Succory,
	Like a Quiver of Arrows.	ibid.
	Of Amaranthus,
	Represent the Eye.	ibid.
	Of Onions and Leck,
	Granulated like Seal Skin.	ibid.
	How variously guarded by Providence from Danger and Destruction.	ibid.
	The minutest, even those that can be discover'd only by the Microscope suppos'd to contain Plantulæ of their own Kind.	28
	Of the Gramen tremulum,
	A compleat Plantula discover'd in.	ibid.
SENSIBLE PLANT,
	Description of.	17
	Experiments on,	ibid.
	Conjecture concerning the Reason of its Motion.	18
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