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... Session , in each of the above - mentioned Depart- ments ; and it is hoped the Public will derive useful information from each dis- tinct Class . Before a regular detail is entered into of the numerous Articles of which this Volume a 2 ...
... Session , in each of the above - mentioned Depart- ments ; and it is hoped the Public will derive useful information from each dis- tinct Class . Before a regular detail is entered into of the numerous Articles of which this Volume a 2 ...
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... Session , undergone a minute investigation : seve- ral are discontinued ; and many , relative to objects in Planting , Husbandry , & c . offered , for some succeeding years , in the last Volume of Transactions , still remain open to ...
... Session , undergone a minute investigation : seve- ral are discontinued ; and many , relative to objects in Planting , Husbandry , & c . offered , for some succeeding years , in the last Volume of Transactions , still remain open to ...
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... . Mr. Eccleston , of Scarisbrick , who has for many years been very attentive to Agricultural pursuits , has obliged the Society this Session by his Observations On on a method of Draining Boggy Land ; and presented xviii PREFACE .
... . Mr. Eccleston , of Scarisbrick , who has for many years been very attentive to Agricultural pursuits , has obliged the Society this Session by his Observations On on a method of Draining Boggy Land ; and presented xviii PREFACE .
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... session favoured the So- ciety with a communication on the sub- ject of the Inspissated Juice of Lettuces , and of the analogy of its effects with the Opium prepared from Poppies . Under the class of Polite Arts , Mr. Sheldrake has ...
... session favoured the So- ciety with a communication on the sub- ject of the Inspissated Juice of Lettuces , and of the analogy of its effects with the Opium prepared from Poppies . Under the class of Polite Arts , Mr. Sheldrake has ...
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... Society have been very assiduously engaged , du- ring the whole of their last Session . It must , however , be remembered , that the acting powers in Mechanicks are not numerous , 1 numerous , and that it is difficult to make xxiv PREFACE .
... Society have been very assiduously engaged , du- ring the whole of their last Session . It must , however , be remembered , that the acting powers in Mechanicks are not numerous , 1 numerous , and that it is difficult to make xxiv PREFACE .
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