The Outline of Science, Vol. 2 of 4: A Plain Story Simply Told (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Outline of Science, Vol. 2 of 4: A Plain Story Simply ToldIt was not till long afterwards that Pasteur and others de monstrated the importance of bacteria, but it was a great event in the history of science when Leeuwenhoek first proved their pres ence. It was literally the discovery of a new world with a teeming population, with incalculable powers for good and evil. It must have been a seed in the human mind, this idea of an intense activity going on all unseen until men stuck lenses of glass in f ront of their own.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.