 | Edmund Burke - 1774 - 606 pages
...I have no doubt but you well know, occafioned by a fmall yellow fly with blue wings, about the fize of a gnat. This blows in the ear of the corn, and produces a worm, almoft invifible to the naked eye ; but being feen through a 5 pocket pocket micro/cope, it appears... | |
 | 1774 - 428 pages
...(as I have no doubt you well know) occafioned by a fmall yellow fly with blue wings, about the fize of a gnat. This blows in the ear of the corn, and produces a worm, almoft invifible to the naked eye ; but being fcen through a pocket rflicrofcope, it appears a large... | |
 | William Boutcher - 1776 - 342 pages
...1 have no doubt but you well know, occafioned by a fmall yellow fly with blue wings, about the Iize of a gnat. This blows in the ear of the corn, and produces a worm, almoft invifible to the naked eye ; but, being feen through a pocket fnicrofcope, it appears a large... | |
 | United States. Patent Office - 924 pages
...published in the " Philosophical Transactions" for 1772: "What the farmers call the yellows in ivheat, and which they consider as a kind of mildew, is. in...invisible to the naked eye ; but, being seen through a pocket microscope, it appears a large yellow maggot, of the color and gloss of amber, and is so prolific... | |
 | 1793 - 602 pages
...I have no doubt but you weil know, occafioned by a fmall yellow fly with blue wings, aboct the Cze of a gnat. This blows in the ear of the corn, and produces a worm, almoli invifible to the naked eve; but being feen through a pocket microfcope, it appears a large yellow... | |
 | 1803 - 598 pages
...wheat, and which they consider as a kind of mildew, ii in fact, as I have no doubt but you well know, occasioned by a small yellow fly with blue wings,...gnat. This blows in the ear of the corn, and produces i worm, almost invisible to the naked eye ; but being seen through a pocket pocket microscope, it appears... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1809 - 792 pages
...purpose that could be wished, without any risk of hurting the blossoms or fruit. 3d. What the fanners call the yellows in wheat, and which they consider...about the size of a gnat. This blows in the ear of the com, and produces a worm, almost invisible to the naked eye; but being seen through a pocket microscope,... | |
 | Thaddeus William Harris, Massachusetts. Zoological and Botanical Survey - 1841 - 484 pages
...Christopher Gullet, written in 1771, and published in the " Philosophical Transactions " for 1772. " What the farmers call the yellows in wheat, and which...invisible to the naked eye ; but, being seen through a pocket microscope, it appears a large yellow maggot, of the color and gloss of amber, and is so prolific... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - 1861 - 926 pages
...which they consider as a kind of mildew, is in fact occasioned by a small yellow fly with (iridescent-) blue wings, about the size of a gnat. This blows in...invisible to the naked eye ; but being seen through a pocket microscope, it appears a large yellow maggot, of the color and gloss of amber, and is so prolific... | |
 | Thaddeus William Harris - 1852 - 536 pages
...for 1772. " What the farmers call the yellows in wheat, and which they consider as a kind of milde%v, is, in fact, occasioned by a small yellow fly, with...invisible to the naked eye; but, being seen through a pocket microscope, it appears a large yellow maggot, of the color and gloss of amber, and is so prolific... | |
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What the farmers call the yellows in wheat, and which they consider as a kind of mildew, is, in fact, occasioned by a small yellow fly, with blue wings, about the size of a gnat. This blows in the ear of the corn, and produces a worm, almost invisible... 
