 | James Ferguson - 1764 - 322 pages
...nothing in comparifon of the lengths that nature goes in the divifion of matter. For Mr. Eeewenhoek tells us, that there are more animals in the milt of a fmgle cod-fifti, than there are men upon the whole earth: and that, by comparing thefe animals in a... | |
 | James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1776 - 546 pages
...matter. For Mr. Leewenbcek tells us, that there arc more animals in the milt of a fingle cod-fifh, than there are men upon the whole earth : and that, by comparing thefe animals in a microfcope with grains of common fand, it appeared that one fingle grain is bigger... | |
 | David Simpson - Apologetics - 1809 - 410 pages
...than three millions and a half of young. Leewenhock tells us, that there are more animals in the melt of a single cod-fish, than there are men upon the whole earth. Over all these creatures preside upwards of 730 millions of human beings. Such is the family of the... | |
 | David Simpson - 1810 - 422 pages
...single cod-fish to produce considerably more than three millions and a half of young. Nay, LEEWENHOEK tells us, that there are more animals in the milt...cod-fish, than there are men upon the whole earth. Over all these creatures preside upwards of 730 millions * See the DissertatioTis of Dr. HiBsCHEt,... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...visible to the naked eye. The natural divisions of matter are, however, far more surprisingly minute; there are more animals in the milt of a single codfish than men on tlir whole earth. It is said that a single grain of sand is larger than four millions of these... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1815 - 268 pages
...by those who have examined the subject with the best glasses, and whose accuracy may be relied on, that there are more animals in the milt of a single cod-fish, than there are men on the whole earth, and that a single grain of sand is larger than four millions of these animals.... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Astronomy - 1815 - 680 pages
...by those who have examined the subject with the best glasses, and whose accuracy may be relied on, that there are more animals in the milt of a single cod-fish, than there are men on the whole earth, and that a single grain of sand is larger than four millions of these animals.... | |
 | 1821 - 780 pages
...more-than three millions and a half of young. Letwenhock tells us, that there are more animals in the melt of a single codfish, than there are men upon the whole earth. Over all these creatures ^reside upwards of 730 millions of human beings. Such is the family of tlje... | |
 | James Ferguson - Eclipses - 1823 - 406 pages
...PhiL. Tram. 1813, and the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, Art. Micrometer, vol. JUT, pp. 201 and 214.— iW. us, that there are more animals in the milt of a single...that one single grain is bigger than four millions of them.3 Now each animal must have heart, arteries, veins, muscles, and nerves, otherwise they could... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1825 - 310 pages
...by those who have examined the subject with the best glasses, and whose accuracy may be relied on, that there are more animals in the milt of a single cod.fish, than there are mpn on the whole earth, and that a single grain of sand is larger than four millions of these animals.... | |
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... with odoriferous particle.s, yet these bodies lose but a very small part of their weight in a great length of time. Again, it is said by those who have examined the subject with the best glasses, and whose accuracy may be relied on, that there are... 
