Louisa Lane Clarke

Louisa Lane Clarke (née Louisa Lane; 1812 – 8 November 1883) was a British botanist and Travel literature travel writer. Quotes The seigneur of Sark enjoys such Sark#Politics feudal rights, and so much authority as to be almost a king in his inland territory. By his manorial rights he receives tithes of corn, apples, and lambs, he presides over the petty court which assembles three times a year, called, The Chief Pleas, at which, though he has no vote, yet his veto, or consent is necessary to all their decisions. By virtue of his patent (which however he never exerts,) he can prevent the building of any house without his leave, or the solemnization of any marriage without his consent, and the Perpetual curate perpetual curacy of the island is also in his gift. Recollections and Legends of Serk: An Account of Its First Settlement and Early History : with Useful Hints to Visitors J. Redstone Guernsey, Channel Islands 1840 https://books.google.com/books/about/Recollections_and_Legends_of_Serk.html?id=8cQHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA36 36–37 (187 pages) Scandal, tittle-tattle, tale-bearing, are the very bindweed of society; as the bindweed destroys the flower, so do they choke every kindly feeling and every noble thought. The Country Parson's Wife. Being Intended as a Continuation of and Companion for Herbert's Country Parson London J. Hatchard & Son 1842 https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Country_Parson_s_Wife_Being_Intended.html?id=62RiAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA42 42 (93 pages)             THE ISLAND OF Burhou BURHOO,separated from Alderney by the Swinge, is not inhabited, except by rabbits burrowing in the heath, the wild bee in its rose-leaf cell, and the Storm petrel stormy petrel which rests and lives on its rocks. The late Governor, John Le Mesurier (Alderney) John Le Mesurier, to whom the islet belonged, built a cottage on it to shelter the fisherman or shipwrecked mariner; but it has fallen into decay. The stormy petrel, rarely found on the British coast, may be taken here with the hand; but it has the singular defence of ejecting a fetid fluid from its bill when alarmed or hurt, which often saves it from capture. The island of Alderney Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans London 1851 https://books.google.com/books/about/The_island_of_Alderney.html?id=k3wHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA12 12 (80 pages) All our farinaceous plants contain abundance of starch, especially wheat, barley, oats, maize, rice, Arrowroot arrow-root; and the Granule (cell biology) granules differ from each other in size and form so decidedly, that they cannot well be mistaken by a careful observer. They are prepared for the microscope, and sold as polariscope objects, because the examination of a starch granule with polarized light shows it with a beautiful black cross, revolving with the polarizer; or, if over a selenite stage, a brilliant play of colours is obtained. The Microscope: Being a Popular Description of the Most Instructive and Beautiful Objects for Exhibition 3rd London Groombridge & Sons 1870 https://books.google.com/books?id=zNXmnXM_nv4C&pg=PA14 14 (1st edition 1858; text for 1871 4th edition at archive.org) There is felt by many seaside ramblers a want of some unscientific, easy Field guide Guide to the Seaweeds and contents of Tide pool rock-pools on the English coast. There are most valuable works by William Henry Harvey Harvey and David Landsborough Landsborough on the subject, but more expensive and more scientific than suits the minds of those who seek for health and rest in the sweet summer months by the seaside.To supply that want I purpose describing the Seaweeds, not exactly in the order arranged by Algælogists (though a systematic aid is given for the use of Collectors); but, taking the coast anywhere as a book, opening and closing as the great sea ebbs and flows, I shall begin with the first-tide pools, and find interest for my readers until the next range is uncovered, and more objects may be found.Then we shall take advantage of a gale of wind, and see what the waves cast up from depths unattainable by mortal hand. Introduction The Common Seaweeds of the British Coast and Channel Islands: With Some Insight Into the Microscopic Beauties of Their Structure and Fructification Country & sea-side library. Warne's useful books Frederick Warne & Company 1865 https://books.google.com/books?id=_sDjQAKgPqcC&pg=PA5 5–6 (140 pages; text at archive.org) Quotes about Louisa Lane Clarke ... books, like Louisa Lane Clarke's The Microscope (1858) and Mary Ward (scientist) Mary Ward's A World of Wonders Revealed by the Microscope (1859), were directed to broader audiences in a drive to recruit more new microscopists from the general public. Meegan Kennedy, Writing Embodiment in Victorian Microscopy: Beautiful Mechanism Oxford University Press 2024 9780198939740 https://books.google.com/books?id=85w2EQAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 35 (258 pages) External links Author:Louisa Lane Clarke Category:1812 births Category:1883 deaths Category:Botanists from the United Kingdom Category:Non-fiction authors from the United Kingdom Category:Science authors Category:Travel writers Category:Victorian writers Category:Women authors from the United Kingdom Category:Women born in the 19th century