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A LIST OF THE AUTHORS WHICH HAVE BEEN CONSULTED IN THE COMPILATION OF THE FORMER AND PRESENT EDITION OF THESE ESSAYS.

Adams. Micrographia Illustrata, or the Microscope Explained. London, 1746 and 1781.
Addison. Spectator.
Baker. An Attempt towards the Natural History of the Polype. London, 1743.
Baker. The Microscope made Easy. London, 1744.
Baker. Employment for the Microscope. London, 1753.
Barbut. Genera Insectorum of LinnÆus. 4to. London, 1781.
Berkenhout. Botanical Lexicon. 8vo. London, 1764.
Berkenhout. Synopsis of Natural History. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1789.
Birch. History of the Royal Society. 4to. 4 vols. London, 1756.
Blair. Sermons. London, 1792.
Bonnani. Observationes circa Viventia, quÆ in Rebus non Viventibus reperiuntur, &c. 4to. 1691.
Bonnet. Oeuvres d’Histoire Naturelle et de Philosophie. 9 tom. 4to. Neufchatel, 1779.
Borellus. De vero Telescopii Inventore.
Brand. Select Dissertations from the Amoenitates AcademicÆ, &c. 8vo. London, 1781.
Curtis. Instructions for Collecting and Preserving Insects. 8vo. London, 1771.
Curtis. Translation of the Fundamenta EntomologiÆ. 8vo. London, 1772.
Curtis. Flora Londinensis. Folio. London, 1777, &c.
Curtis. Botanical Magazine. 8vo. London, 1787, &c.
CyclopÆdia. By Dr. Rees. 4 vols. Folio. London, 1786.
De Geer. Memoires pour servir a l’Histoire des Insectes. 4to. 7 tom. 1752.
Dellebarre. Memoires sur les Differences de la Construction et des Effects du Microscope. 1777.
Derham. Physico-Theology. 8vo. London, 1732.
Donovan. History of British Insects. 8vo. London, 1792, &c.
Donovan. Treatise on the Management of Insects. 8vo. London, 1794.
Du Hamel du Monceau. La Physique des Arbres. Paris, 1757.
Ellis. Essay towards a Natural History of Corallines. 4to. 1755.
Ellis. Zoophytes, by Dr. Solander. 4to. London, 1786.
EncyclopÆdia Britannica. 4to. 18 vols. Edinburgh, 1797.
Epinus. Description des Nouveaux Microscopes.
Fabricius. Philosophia Entomologica. 8vo. 1778.
Geoffroy. Histoire Abregee des Insectes. 2 tom. 4to. Paris, 1764.
Gleichen. Les plus Nouvelles Deucouverts dans le Regne Vegetal, &c. Folio. 1770.
Goldsmith. History of the Earth and Animated Nature. 8vo. London, 1774.
Grew. Anatomy of Plants. Folio. London, 1682.
Haller. Physiologia.
Hedwig. Theoria Generationis et Fructificationis de Plantarum Cryptogamicarum. Petersb. 1784.
Hill. Review of the Royal Society. 4to. London, 1751.
Hill. History of Animals. Folio. London, 1752.
Hill. Essays in Natural History. 8vo. London, 1752.
Hill. The Construction of Timber explained by the Microscope. 8vo. London, 1770.
Hill. Inspector.
Home. Treatise on Ulcers, &c. 8vo. London, 1797.
Hooke. Micrographia. Folio. London, 1665.
Hooke. Lectures and Collections. 4to. London, 1678.
Hooper. Economy of Plants. 8vo. Oxford, 1797.
Joblot. Observations d’Histoire Naturelle faites avec le Microscope. 4to. 2 tom. Paris.
Journal de Physique, par Rozier, &c.
Jones. A Course of Lectures on the Figurative Language of the Holy Scriptures. 8vo. 1787.
Kippis. Biographia Britannica. Folio. 1778, &c.
Ledermuller. Microscopische ErgÖtzungen. 4 theile. 4to.
Leeuwenhoek. Arcana NaturÆ. 4to. Lugd. Bat. 1722.
Leeuwenhoek. Opera Omnia. 4to. Ibid. 1722.
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London, Dec. 12, 1797.

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