BIBLIOGRAPHY 



In the following list of books and periodicals are mentioned those which 

 have furnished most helpful information. Those which are still in print 

 usually have the price given. 



For new information the reader is advised to consult the Journal of the 

 Royal Microscopical Society; the Index Medicus and the Wistar Institute 

 Journals, — American Journal of Anatomy, Anatomical Record, Journal of 

 Morphology, Comparative Neurology and Journal of Experimental Zoology. 

 For information concerning the development of the science consult the Index 

 Catalogue of the Surgeon General's Office, the Catalogue of Scientific Papers 

 published by the Royal Society of London, the larger works on the micro- 

 scope, and the microscopical journals, as these furnish a good record. 



Adams, George, 1720-1773. — Micrographia illustrata; or, the microscope 

 explained, in several new inventions; likewise a natural history of aerial, 

 terrestrial, and aquatic animals, etc., considered as microscopic objects, 

 lix + 325 pp. 72 plates. Published for the author, London, 1771. 



Adams, George, 1750-1795. — Essays on the microscope, containing a descrip- 

 tion of the most improved microscopes, a history of insects, their transforma- 

 tions, peculiar habits, and oeconomy, with a catalogue of interesting objects, 

 xxiii + 724 pp. 31 plates. Published for the author, London, 1787. 



Alhazen. — Optica? thesaurus Alhazeni Arabis, libri septem, nunc primum editi, 

 ejusdem liber de crepusculis et nubium ascensionibus, item Vitellionis Thu- 

 ringopoloni, libri X. omnes instaurati, figuris illustrati et aucti, adjectis etiam 

 in Alhazenum commentariis. A Frederico Risnero. Folio, many figures, 

 Basileae, per Episcopios. 1572. 



Bacon, Roger. — Opus Majus, edited with introduction and analytical table by 

 John Henry Bridges. 2 vols, and supplementary vol. Vol. I, clxxxvii + 

 440 pp. 23 fig. Vol. II, 568 pp. 187 fig. Supplement, xv + 187 pp. Williams 

 & Norgate, London, 1897-1900. 31s. 6d. For modern optics the part desig- 

 nated De Scientia Perspectiva is most important. For use of convex lenses 

 to aid the sight of old men, see vol. ii, p. 157, and for burning flasks, p. 471. 



Bacon, Roger. — Essays contributed by various writers on the occasion of the 

 commemoration of the seventh centenary of his birth. Collected and edited 

 by A. G. Little. 426 pp. Clarendon Press, Oxford, England, 19 14. Price, 

 S5.25. Biography of Bacon and essays upon his work in various fields. List 

 of Bacon's writings. 



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