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Evenings at the Microscope
Or, Researches among the Minuter Organs and Forms of Animal Life

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Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology

  • Date Published: July 2015
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781108081269

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  • English zoologist Philip Henry Gosse (1810–88) spent several years studying the biodiversity of habitats in North America and the Caribbean. His Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica (1851) is reissued in this series. When he settled on the Devonshire coast, the area proved equally rich for research. In this 1859 publication, the deeply religious Gosse considers the 'Divine mechanics' of animal body parts and microorganisms seen through the lens of a microscope. He leads the reader through a selection of specimens ranging from a hog's bristle to the shoe-like protist Paramecium. Gosse's writing style, enlivened with anecdotes and literary references, earned him considerable appreciation among Victorian audiences. His entertaining text is complemented by more than 100 illustrations which showcase his draughtsmanship. While the work shares its year of publication with Darwin's groundbreaking Origin of Species, Gosse's religious views firmly shaped his interpretation of the specimens on show.

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    • Date Published: July 2015
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781108081269
    • length: 524 pages
    • dimensions: 216 x 140 x 30 mm
    • weight: 0.66kg
    • contains: 114 b/w illus.
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Preface
    1. Hairs, feathers, and scales
    2. Blood
    3. Mollusca
    4. Sea-mats and shelly corallines
    5. Insects: wings and their appendages
    6. Insects: their breathing organs
    7. Insects: their feet
    8. Insects: stings and ovipositors
    9. Insects: their mouths
    10. Insects: their eyes and ears
    11. Crabs and shrimps
    12. Barnacles
    13. Spiders and mites
    14. Wheel-bearers
    15. Worms
    16. Sea-urchins and sea-cucumbers
    17. Jelly-fishes
    18. Zoophytes
    19. Sea-anenomes: their weapons
    20. Protozoa and sponges
    21 Infusoria
    Index.

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    Philip Henry Gosse

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