Swammerdam

[ svahm-uhr-dahm ]

/ ˈsvɑm ərˌdɑm /

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Jan

[yahn], /yɑn/, 1637–80, Dutch anatomist and entomologist.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Swammerdam even saw the pulsation of the great dorsal vessel through the shell of the egg of Oryctes nasicornis.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)|William Kirby
In the anatomical field the work of Malpighi and Swammerdam was at first continued most energetically by French students.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6|Various
Swammerdam, however, showed the presence under the larval cuticle of the pupal structures.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6|Various
If you doubt this, pitch that folio Swammerdam or Puffendorf into a good rousing fire, and mark the result.
The Book-Hunter|John Hill Burton

Swammerdam says, in his curious Memoir, entitled "Vita Ephemeri," it is not less than three years.
The Insect World|Louis Figuier