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- Micrographia: or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.
- Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
- 0599
- The book is wide-ranging and includes many diverse experiments and observations. Included are such studies as the crystal structure of snowflakes, experiments with light, discovery of the fifth star of Orion, and observations on the structure of...
- Physica
- Hildegard,Saint, 1098-1179
- 0074
- The present work is the first printing of the Physica manuscript. Also known as Liber simplicis medicinae, it is the earliest book on natural history to be written in Germany and it influenced the later writings of Brunfels, Fuchs, and Hieronymus...
- Pseudodoxia epidemica; or, Enquiries into very many received tenents and commonly presumed truths.
- Browne, Thomas,Sir, 1605-1682
- 0487
- The present work, often called "Vulgar errors," is an unusual and interesting work in which Browne attacks falsely-held traditions, superstitions, and folklore relating to the nature of plants, animals, and man.
- Sylva sylvarum, or, A natural history, in ten centuries
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
- 0398
- The book is arranged in ten chapters with each containing one hundred paragraphs. The subjects include medicine, botany, physiology, cooking, music, psychology, agriculture, architecture, and asthetics. Also included is a biography of Bacon written...