Extracts From Micrographia: Or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses, With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

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Excerpt from Extracts From Micrographia: Or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses, With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon

A just appreciation of the author's individuality, as well as of his intentions in publishing his Micrographia, can scarcely be obtained without perusing his preface, which contains a number of shrewd and enlightened ideas.

The following pages contain the greater part of the preface to Micrographia, Observations VIII. And XVI. In full, and a few shorter extracts. The old-fashioned spelling of the original has been retained.

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