text_original: Without going quite so far back, we find that the great naturalist, Buff on, supported the theory of spontaneous generation; but the first experiments to prove its truth were made by an Irishman, Needham, in the eighteenth century.
text_transcription: WITHOUT GOING QUITE SO FAR BACK WE FIND THAT THE GREAT NATURALIST BOUFFON SUPPORTED THE THEORY OF SPONTANEOUS GENERATION BUT THE FIRST EXPERIMENTS TO PROVE ITS TRUTH WERE MADE BY AN IRISHMAN NEEDEM IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
phonemes: wɪðˌaʊt ɡˌoʊɪŋ kwˈaɪt sˈoʊ fˌɑːɹ bˈæk, wiː fˈaɪnd ðætðə ɡɹˈeɪt nˈætʃɚɹəlˌɪst, bˈʌf ˈɔn, səpˈɔːɹɾᵻd ðə θˈiəɹi ʌv spɑːntˈeɪniəs dʒˌɛnɚɹˈeɪʃən; bˌʌt ðə fˈɜːst ɛkspˈɛɹɪmənts tə pɹˈuːv ɪts tɹˈuːθ wɜː mˌeɪd baɪ ɐn ˈaɪɹɪʃmən, nˈiːdæm, ɪnðɪ ˈeɪtiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi.