Wonders, logic, and microscopy in the eighteenth century: A history of the rotifer

Science in Context

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-119

  Ratcliff, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/s0269889700003732     Document Type: Article

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