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... relating to Roman inscriptions , once belonging to Dr. Jurin , and now in the possession of C. K. Probert , Esq . , of Newport , Bishop's Stortford , Herts , have been voluntarily and obligingly lent for the same purpose . These will ...
... relating to Roman inscriptions , once belonging to Dr. Jurin , and now in the possession of C. K. Probert , Esq . , of Newport , Bishop's Stortford , Herts , have been voluntarily and obligingly lent for the same purpose . These will ...
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... relating to coins were submitted to John Evans , Esq . , F.R.S. , & c . , President of the Numismatic Society , who has very kindly annotated them . For the aid thus freely rendered by these gentlemen my hearty acknowledgements are due ...
... relating to coins were submitted to John Evans , Esq . , F.R.S. , & c . , President of the Numismatic Society , who has very kindly annotated them . For the aid thus freely rendered by these gentlemen my hearty acknowledgements are due ...
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private notes relating to archæological discoveries made in almost every county of England , and in many parts of Scotland ; and these will be arranged in chronological order under the counties to which their subject - matter chiefly ...
private notes relating to archæological discoveries made in almost every county of England , and in many parts of Scotland ; and these will be arranged in chronological order under the counties to which their subject - matter chiefly ...
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... relating to the Stukeley family and their connection with that parish ; to the Rev. S. S. Lewis , F.S.A. , Fellow of Corpus Christi College , Cambridge , for the loan of Masters's History of that college , and other services ; ' and ...
... relating to the Stukeley family and their connection with that parish ; to the Rev. S. S. Lewis , F.S.A. , Fellow of Corpus Christi College , Cambridge , for the loan of Masters's History of that college , and other services ; ' and ...
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... relating to the Roman antiquitys in Brittain . This year he cut out in wood a machine of his own invention ( or Orrery ) , which shows the true motion of the sun & moon round the globe of the earth , the course of the tides , & many ...
... relating to the Roman antiquitys in Brittain . This year he cut out in wood a machine of his own invention ( or Orrery ) , which shows the true motion of the sun & moon round the globe of the earth , the course of the tides , & many ...
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Page 419 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Page 149 - a bold insolent man, with a very small measure of religion, virtue, learning, or good sense ; but he resolved to force himself into popularity and preferment, by the most petulant railings at dissenters and low churchmen, in several sermons and libels, written without either chasteness of style or liveliness of expression.
Page 55 - And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly : the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
Page 166 - May 1731, he married Lady Elizabeth Lee, daughter of the Earl of Lichfield, and widow of Colonel Lee.
Page 169 - OPINION OF DR. STUKELEY. Oct. 9, 1722. " He is making searches about the Roman ways. He is a very fancifull man, and the things he hath publish'd are built upon fancy. He is looked upon as a man of no great authority, and his reputation dwindles every day, as I have learned from very good hands.
Page 313 - In 1721 he accompanied Dr. Sherrard to England, where he spent the remainder of his days. Soon after his arrival he undertook a new edition of " Ray's Synopsis ;" and was appointed the first botanical professor at Oxford on Sherrard's foundation. He wrote " Hortus Elthamensis
Page 62 - Jan. 6, 1721. I was made a Freemason at the Salutation Tav., Tavistock Street, with Mr. Collins, Capt. Rowe who made the famous diving Engine. The Directors late paramount, now despoil'd &c. Mr. Kemps antiquitys sold. Jan. 26. Mr. Le Neve Norroy & I took some transcriptions out of Domesday book.