Research Catalog

Title

An attempt towards a natural history of the polype [electronic resource] : in a letter to Martin Folkes, Esq; president of the Royal Society. Describing Their different Species; the Places where to seek and how to find them; their wonderful Production and Increase; the Form, Structure and Use of their several Parts; and the Manner they catch their Prey. With an Account of their Diseases and Cures; of their amazing Reproduction after being cut in Pieces, (as first discovered by Mr. Trembley, at the Hague;) of the best Methods to perform that Operation, and of the Time requisite to perfect the several Parts after being divided: And Also full Directions how to feed, clean, manage and preserve them at all Seasons of the Year. Likewise a Course of real Experiments, performed by cutting these Creatures in every Way that can be easily contrived: shewing the daily Progress of each Part towards becoming a perfect Polype. The Whole explained every where by great Numbers of proper Figures, and intermixt throughout with Variety of Observations and Experiments. By Henry Baker, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Member of the Society of Antiquaries, in London.

Author

Baker, Henry, 1698-1774.

Publication

London : printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's Head in Pall-Mall, and sold by M. Cooper in Pater-Noster-Row, and J. Cuff, optician, in Fleetstreet, [1743]

Details

Additional Authors

Gale (Firm)

Description

218,[6]p.,plate : ill.; 8⁰.

Uniform Title

Eighteenth century collections online.

Subject

Hydromedusae > Early works to 1800

Note

• With a final advertisement leaf.
• At foot of titlepage: "(Price bound four shillings.)"; a variant has the imprint: "printed for R. Dodsley; and sold by M. Cooper, and J. Cuff in Fleet-street" and does not bear a price.
• Price from imprint: price bound Four Shillings.
• Reproduction of original from British Library.

Indexed In (note)

• English Short Title Catalog

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

• 642724092
• T89684

Author

Baker, Henry, 1698-1774.

Title

An attempt towards a natural history of the polype [electronic resource] : in a letter to Martin Folkes, Esq; president of the Royal Society. Describing Their different Species; the Places where to seek and how to find them; their wonderful Production and Increase; the Form, Structure and Use of their several Parts; and the Manner they catch their Prey. With an Account of their Diseases and Cures; of their amazing Reproduction after being cut in Pieces, (as first discovered by Mr. Trembley, at the Hague;) of the best Methods to perform that Operation, and of the Time requisite to perfect the several Parts after being divided: And Also full Directions how to feed, clean, manage and preserve them at all Seasons of the Year. Likewise a Course of real Experiments, performed by cutting these Creatures in every Way that can be easily contrived: shewing the daily Progress of each Part towards becoming a perfect Polype. The Whole explained every where by great Numbers of proper Figures, and intermixt throughout with Variety of Observations and Experiments. By Henry Baker, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Member of the Society of Antiquaries, in London.

Imprint

London : printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's Head in Pall-Mall, and sold by M. Cooper in Pater-Noster-Row, and J. Cuff, optician, in Fleetstreet, [1743]

Series

Eighteenth century collections online.

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Indexed In:

English Short Title Catalog, T89684.

Connect to:

Full text online - available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Gale (Firm)