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261 - Fermentation & Spontaneous Generation.- Pasteur (Louis) "Expériences et vues nouvelles sur la nature des fermentations", in Comptes rendus hebdomadaires de l'Acad_x001D_émie des Sciences, vol. 52, pp.1260-1264, foxing, ex-library copy with ink-stamps and bookplates, library calf backed-boards, gilt spine with red morocco and paper label to spine, upper joint starting but firm, rubbed, Paris, 1861; and "Mémoire sur les Corpuscules Organisés qui existent dans l'atmosphere", first edition in Annales des Sciences Naturelles partie Zoologique, vol.16, 1861 bound with vol.15, vol. 50 and 51 from the same journal, and Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 3rd series, vol.64, 4to & 8vo (5)
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Fermentation & Spontaneous Generation.- Pasteur (Louis) "Expériences et vues nouvelles sur la nature des fermentations", in Comptes rendus hebdomadaires de l'Acad_x001D_émie des Sciences, vol. 52, pp.1260-1264, foxing, ex-library copy with ink-stamps and bookplates, library calf backed-boards, gilt spine with red morocco and paper label to spine, upper joint starting but firm, rubbed, Paris, 1861; and "Mémoire sur les Corpuscules Organisés qui existent dans l'atmosphere", first edition in Annales des Sciences Naturelles partie Zoologique, vol.16, 1861 bound with vol.15, vol. 50 and 51 from the same journal, and Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 3rd series, vol.64, 4to & 8vo (5) *** Pasteur's foundational research on spontaneous generation and the microbial origin of fermentation. The Annales de Chimie et de Physique includes "Mémoire sur les corpuscules organisés qui existent dans l'atmosphère", Pasteur's renowned refutation of spontaneous generation. Within the Comptes Rendus volumes are Pasteur's: "Animalcules infusoires vivant sans oxygène libre" "De l'origine des ferments. Nouvelles expériences relatives aux générations dites spontanées" "Expériences relatives aux générations spontanées"
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