This library is built in the open.
If you spot an error, have a suggestion, or just want to say hello — we’d love to hear from you.
Buonanni, Filippo · 1691

CHAPTER XXVI.
It is indicated that the uncertainty of experiments arises from a multiple cause. 88.
CHAPTER XXVII.
A double class of things that grow within others is noted. page 89.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
That many things are born from an egg does not prove that similar things cannot also be generated primarily by spontaneous origin. 91.
CHAPTER XXIX.
That many living things in which others arise are sensitive contributes nothing to their generation. 94.
CHAPTER XXX.
From the fact that many living things are born in living things, it is proven that many living things can be generated from non-living things. page 96.
CHAPTER XXXI.
Whether the philosophical axiom is certain: that a more noble thing cannot be produced by a less noble one. 99.
CHAPTER XXXII.
Whether worms in the tumors or galls of trees are generated from the seed of other worms or flies, or rather from the plants. 106.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Spontaneous generation is indicated in mistletoe. 113.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
It is argued from the vegetation of different mosses. 114.
CHAPTER XXXV.
It is proven from the unexpected generation of the Tithymalus myrsinites a type of spurge or euphorbia. 117.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
From the copious offspring of duckweed. 121.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
From fungi and tubers. 127.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
From the different kind of site. 133.