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417: 277: 249: 125: 261: 33: 203:(1704–1774), a prominent Dutch politician at the time. The boys were 3 and 6 when Trembley, during lessons in which he went fishing in the ponds outside the house, accidentally discovered the regenerative powers of the Hydra. Those lessons took place at the Count's summer residence of 248: 276: 383:
Phil.Trans.Roy.Soc., 1702–1703, vol.23, N 283, pp. 1304–1311//Part of a Letter from Mr Antony van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. concerning Green Weeds Growing in Water, and Some Animalcula Found about Them
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Trembley's laboratory at Zorgvlied, as depicted in his 1744 book. Judging from his correspondence, though, his laboratory was in fact much more crowded with objects, such as up to 140 jars.
445:"Hydra and the Birth of Experimental Biology, 1744: Abraham Trembley's Memoires Concerning the Polyps " Lenhoff, Sylvia G. and Howard M. Lenhoff, The Boxwood Press, Pacific Grove, CA1986 ( 416: 238:, describing them as a type of "animalculum". In his work Leeuwenhoek clearly described the process of budding, as well as their tentacles' contractility and the presence of 800: 287: 374:
Gajus Scheltema, "Pronk, Bentinck en Trembley: Schetsen uit achtiende-eeuws Den Haag", in "Jaarboek Geschiedkundige Vereniging Die Haghe", The Hague, 2005 (in Dutch).
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Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery
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Trembley's findings were published in a groundbreaking book in 1744,
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Animal, Vegetable and Mineral: Natural History books by ten authors
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Memoires pour servir a l'histoire d'un genre de polypes d'eau douce
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Memoires pour servir a l'histoire d'un genre de polypes d'eau douce
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MĂ©moires pour servir Ă  l'histoire d'un genre de polypes d'eau douce
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Abhandlungen zur Geschichte einer Polypenart des sĂĽssen Wassers
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Bust of Abraham Trembley, on display on the grounds of the
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While Trembley thought he had discovered a new species,
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see "Lenhoff, Sylvia G. and Howard M. Lenhoff" Op. Cit.
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Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva
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and for being among the first to develop experimental
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Some attribute Trembley as being the first to study
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18th-century scientists from the Republic of Geneva
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Musée d'histoire des sciences de la Ville de Genève
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(December 2004). 13: 457:Breen, Quirinus (1 January 1956). 439: 14: 827: 193:RenĂ©-Antoine Ferchault de RĂ©aumur 275: 259: 247: 218: 282:The aquatic microscope made by 230:had in fact first published on 816:Recipients of the Copley Medal 16:Genevan naturalist (1710–1784) 1: 324: 806:Fellows of the Royal Society 286:for Trembley, on display at 174: 7: 696:John Theophilus Desaguliers 656:John Theophilus Desaguliers 648:John Theophilus Desaguliers 10: 832: 626: 560:29 September 2011 at the 234:in a 1702–1703 volume of 201:Willem Bentinck van Rhoon 118: 108: 101: 90: 77: 69: 57: 42: 30: 23: 570:Johns Hopkins University 411: 340:, op.cit., p. 556, n. 1. 242:batteries on tentacles. 811:18th-century zoologists 350:Stott, Rebecca (2012). 424: 133: 704:Christopher Middleton 419: 308:acadĂ©mie des sciences 127: 564:, on-line exhibit, 197:Lazzaro Spallanzani 566:Sheridan Libraries 425: 396:, op.cit., p. 569. 187:. 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Hydra (genus)
Copley Medal
Naturalist

Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva
Genevan
naturalist
hydra
zoology
biology
religion
morals
Geneva
Republic of Geneva
Charles Bonnet
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
Lazzaro Spallanzani
Willem Bentinck van Rhoon
Sorgvliet
The Hague
Cornelis Pronk
Leeuwenhoek
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
cnidocyte
Trembley's laboratory at Zorgvlied, as depicted in his 1744 book. Judging from his correspondence, though, his laboratory was in fact much more crowded with objects, such as up to 140 jars.
A Hydra as depicted in Trembley's 1744 book.
The aquatic microscope made by John Cuff for Trembley, on display at Musée d'histoire des sciences de la Ville de Genève
John Cuff
Musée d'histoire des sciences de la Ville de Genève

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