A Letter from Mr Charles King to Mr Sam. Doudy, F. R. S. concerning Crabs EyesAuthor(s): Charles KingSource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 22 (1700 - 1701), pp. 672-673Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/102778 .

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(672 ) Fig. S F G H I Ihows the hinder paK of the la{t

merltioned cafeX where by G H are defcribeA the well made (harp PointsX wllich are fo uSeful to that Crea ture, and to faften it in the WebX w.l*ilA it is a Worm.

I iall conclude hereX and in the mearz titrAe remains . ozr,

Cogr top hxasble Servant,

Anthony Van LeeuvW nhoeck

III. A Letterfrot7w lMr (;harles King to l\8r $am. DoudyX F. R. 5^ v07Zverning (rabs Eese

Little W7irleyX Decemb. I+.

S I Rv T Caurlot give you any fatisfa&ory account of ^ tlle Stones in the Heads of Craw-fi{hs for I never made any obSerlrations but cafually, and without any de&gn of a particular accoutltof thems llaving rlot fo much as made any note of the months tllat tlley firrc appear, and wllat time they grc)N>7 to

perfe&ion I only remember in general, tllat tiiCy are always QN the outr1de of the Stomaclz, wllile tlle old Coat fticks on the back of the Fifh, and paSs into tlle Stomac as foon as they catt their Coats, having zlever Seen tlacm on the outfide wllell they have cllanged, nor witllin before. And I alfo remember the Males change tneir Coats a confiderable time before tne Females, for elley always keep theirs till they llalreparted with tlleir

young

(672 ) Fig. S F G H I Ihows the hinder paK of the la{t

merltioned cafeX where by G H are defcribeA the well made (harp PointsX wllich are fo uSeful to that Crea ture, and to faften it in the WebX w.l*ilA it is a Worm.

I iall conclude hereX and in the mearz titrAe remains . ozr,

Cogr top hxasble Servant,

Anthony Van LeeuvW nhoeck

III. A Letterfrot7w lMr (;harles King to l\8r $am. DoudyX F. R. 5^ v07Zverning (rabs Eese

Little W7irleyX Decemb. I+.

S I Rv T Caurlot give you any fatisfa&ory account of ^ tlle Stones in the Heads of Craw-fi{hs for I never made any obSerlrations but cafually, and without any de&gn of a particular accoutltof thems llaving rlot fo much as made any note of the months tllat tlley firrc appear, and wllat time they grc)N>7 to

perfe&ion I only remember in general, tllat tiiCy are always QN the outr1de of the Stomaclz, wllile tlle old Coat fticks on the back of the Fifh, and paSs into tlle Stomac as foon as they catt their Coats, having zlever Seen tlacm on the outfide wllell they have cllanged, nor witllin before. And I alfo remember the Males change tneir Coats a confiderable time before tne Females, for elley always keep theirs till they llalreparted with tlleir

young

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( 613-) younb from their Tails. I do not remember that I e- rer obServed any thing ofthem but what a good and filll dCCVt1t iS giXtCll Of iA a B3ok entittlled GavAvaroloX gi47 0 Phil. J4C. Sachs thesved tne by Dr Plot; if upon peraCal of tttlAt Bos'x, any tizing OCCLlRs

that you deGre fartller fatisfadion ir) l {hall 1)e ready to bive you vlle beSt information I can) if you fend a- ny qleries to

rAttr Hwble Servantn CI1. Kin:,

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1V. Part of kfonfiear l'ouparts Letter to Dr Martin LiRerX P. R. S. concertixg the InJeff calEeJ Libella.

lT is a flying lnfett, called in France DegoiJ^elleX from 1 tlle variety of its Colours, tranEparency of Wings, and its (}ately Flight : They alSo call it Perle, from the fipre of its Head, or tatlaer from tlle roundnefs and colour of its Eyes. It is called bg the Lat«ns Libella,, perhaps becauSe in flying iF carries its Body Horizon tal; not tllat it does fo always, for it is divided from fpace to fpace inRQ rings, by tveans of whiclzX it com- pofes Angles wi-th its body, whofe lines it can make longer or fhorter as it lorlds occalion. Tllefe diffierent fedrions ferve to the motion of this InCe& as we know the Tail -doth in Biruss and as tXney are lengellened or contradcedX they carry themSelves according to their various inelinations, the point or center being fixed be- tween their Wings All Modera Naturalifts know that the great Iort of Libell are generated under water, wrapt up in a Membrane; whibh-at length dif- folves and turns to notbinge ThiS Phfrofnenon is not

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( 613-) younb from their Tails. I do not remember that I e- rer obServed any thing ofthem but what a good and filll dCCVt1t iS giXtCll Of iA a B3ok entittlled GavAvaroloX gi47 0 Phil. J4C. Sachs thesved tne by Dr Plot; if upon peraCal of tttlAt Bos'x, any tizing OCCLlRs

that you deGre fartller fatisfadion ir) l {hall 1)e ready to bive you vlle beSt information I can) if you fend a- ny qleries to

rAttr Hwble Servantn CI1. Kin:,

. . .

_ , _ _ 0

1V. Part of kfonfiear l'ouparts Letter to Dr Martin LiRerX P. R. S. concertixg the InJeff calEeJ Libella.

lT is a flying lnfett, called in France DegoiJ^elleX from 1 tlle variety of its Colours, tranEparency of Wings, and its (}ately Flight : They alSo call it Perle, from the fipre of its Head, or tatlaer from tlle roundnefs and colour of its Eyes. It is called bg the Lat«ns Libella,, perhaps becauSe in flying iF carries its Body Horizon tal; not tllat it does fo always, for it is divided from fpace to fpace inRQ rings, by tveans of whiclzX it com- pofes Angles wi-th its body, whofe lines it can make longer or fhorter as it lorlds occalion. Tllefe diffierent fedrions ferve to the motion of this InCe& as we know the Tail -doth in Biruss and as tXney are lengellened or contradcedX they carry themSelves according to their various inelinations, the point or center being fixed be- tween their Wings All Modera Naturalifts know that the great Iort of Libell are generated under water, wrapt up in a Membrane; whibh-at length dif- folves and turns to notbinge ThiS Phfrofnenon is not

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