Micrographia / Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon

by Robert Hooke

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Contents

  1. Micrographia: Or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries thereupon
  2. The Preface
  3. Observ. I. Of the Point of a sharp small Needle
  4. Observ. II. Of the Edge of a Razor
  5. Observ. III. Of fine Lawn, or Linnen Cloth
  6. Observ. IV. Of fine waled Silk, or Taffety
  7. Observ. V. Of watered Silks, or Stuffs
  8. Observ. VI. Of Small Glass Canes
  9. Observ. VII. Of some Phænomena of Glass drops
  10. Observ. VIII. Of the fiery Sparks struck from a Flint or Steel
  11. Observ. IX. Of the Colours observable in Muscovy-Glass, and other thin Bodies
  12. Observ. X. Of Metalline , and other real Colours
  13. Observ. XI. Of Figures observ’d in small Sand
  14. Observ. XII. Of Gravel in Urine
  15. Observ. XIII. Of the small Diamants , or Sparks in Flints
  16. Observ. XIV. Of several kindes of frozen Figures
  17. Observ. XV. Of Kettering-stone , and of the pores of Inanimate bodies
  18. Observ. XVI. Of Charcoal , or burnt Vegetables
  19. Observ. XVII. Of Petrify’d wood , and other Petrify’d bodies
  20. Observ. XVIII. Of the Schematisme or Texture of Cork , and of the Cells and Pores of some other such frothy Bodies
  21. Observ. XIX. Of a Plant growing in the blighted or yellow specks of Damask-rose-leaves , Bramble-leaves , and some other kind of leaves
  22. Observ. XX. Of blue Mould , and of the first Principles of Vegetation arising from Putrefaction
  23. Observ. XXI. Of Moss , and several other small vegetative Substances
  24. Observ. XXII. Of common Sponges , and several other Spongie fibrous bodies
  25. Observ. XXIII. Of the curious texture of Sea-weeds
  26. Observ. XXIV. Of the surfaces of Rosemary , and other leaves
  27. Observ. XXV. Of the stinging points and juice of Nettles , and some other venomous Plants
  28. Observ. XXVI. Of Cowage , and the itching operation of some bodies
  29. Observ. XXVII. Of the Beard of a wilde Oat , and the use that may be made of it for exhibiting always to the Eye the temperature of the Air, as to driness and moisture
  30. Observ. XXVIII. Of the Seeds of Venus looking-glass, or Corn Violet
  31. Observ. XXIX. Of the Seeds of Tyme
  32. Observ. XXX. Of the Seeds of Poppy
  33. Observ. XXXI. Of Purslane-seed
  34. Observ. XXXII. Of the Figure of several sorts of Hair , and of the texture of the skin
  35. Observ. XXXIII. Of the Scales of a Soal , and other Fishes
  36. Observ. XXXIV. Of the Sting of a Bee
  37. Observ. XXXV. Of the contexture and shape of the particles of Feathers
  38. Observ. XXXVI. Of Peacocks , Ducks , and other Feathers of changeable colours
  39. Observ. XXXVII. Of the Feet of Flies , and several other Insects
  40. Observ. XXXVIII. Of the Structure and motion of the Wings of Flies
  41. Observ. XXXIX. Of the Eyes and Head of a Grey drone-Fly , and of several other creatures
  42. Observ. XL. Of the Teeth of a Snail
  43. Observ. XLI. Of the Eggs of Silk-worms , and other Insects
  44. Observ. XLII. Of a blue Fly
  45. Observ. XLIII. Of the Water Insect or Gnat
  46. Postscript
  47. Observ. XLIV. Of the tufted or Brush-horn’d Gnat
  48. Observ. XLV. Of the great Belly’d Gnat or female Gnat
  49. Observ. XLVI. Of the white featherwing’d Moth or Tinea Argentea
  50. Observ. XLVII. Of the Shepherd Spider , or long-legg’d Spider
  51. Observ. XLVIII. Of the hunting Spider , and several other sorts of Spiders
  52. Observ. XLIX. Of an Ant or Pismire
  53. Observ. L. Of the wandring Mite
  54. Observ. LI. Of the Crab-like Insect
  55. Observ. LII. Of the small Silver-colour’d Book-worm
  56. Observ. LIII. Of a Flea
  57. Observ. LIV. Of a Louse
  58. Observ. LV. Of Mites
  59. Observ. LVI. Of a small Creature hatch’d on a Vine
  60. Observ. LVII. Of the Eels in Vinegar
  61. Observ. LVIII. Of a new Property in the Air , and several other transparent Mediums nam’d Inflection , whereby very many considerable Phænomena are attempted to be solv’d, and divers other uses are hi
  62. Observ. LIX. Of multitudes of small Stars discoverable by the Telescope
  63. Observ. LX. Of the Moon
  64. The Table
  65. The Schemes

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