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To remedy this defect as much as possible, and to give the reader a greater
interest in the sciences as he proceeded, it was thought necessary to begin the
history of every science as nearly as possible at its origin, and to give a rapid'
sketch of ...
To remedy this defect as much as possible, and to give the reader a greater
interest in the sciences as he proceeded, it was thought necessary to begin the
history of every science as nearly as possible at its origin, and to give a rapid'
sketch of ...
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Dr. Sloane, who gives the account, mentions several other instances of a similar
nature.' ' Assimilation is not confined merely to the muscles and soft parts of the
body ; book published in 1566, entitlendmorabilium, Utilium, ac Jucundorum ...
Dr. Sloane, who gives the account, mentions several other instances of a similar
nature.' ' Assimilation is not confined merely to the muscles and soft parts of the
body ; book published in 1566, entitlendmorabilium, Utilium, ac Jucundorum ...
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His History of Mathematics is written with much elegance, and does credit to his
taste and talents; but from several particulars which it contains we may infer that it
was written when he was a very young man, and that he gives many of the facts ...
His History of Mathematics is written with much elegance, and does credit to his
taste and talents; but from several particulars which it contains we may infer that it
was written when he was a very young man, and that he gives many of the facts ...
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Contents
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION | 1 |
NATURAL HISTORY | 16 |
C5413 II _ On ZOOLOGY | 71 |
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