History of the Royal Society: From Its Institution to the End of the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1Abridgement of the philosophical transactions from 1665 to the end of the year 1800. |
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... botany . In some branches of science the author was overwhelmed by such a multitude of valuable papers , quite unconnected with each other , that it was impossible , without swelling the work much beyond the length that would have been ...
... botany . In some branches of science the author was overwhelmed by such a multitude of valuable papers , quite unconnected with each other , that it was impossible , without swelling the work much beyond the length that would have been ...
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... BOTANY .... Page . 1 17 17 Sect . 1. Of the Description and Arrangement of Plants .. 18 2. Of the Anatomy and Physiology of Plants ...... 3. Of Agriculture and the Economical Uses of Plants . CHAP . II . OF ZOOLOGY .. 43 63 69 Sect . 1 ...
... BOTANY .... Page . 1 17 17 Sect . 1. Of the Description and Arrangement of Plants .. 18 2. Of the Anatomy and Physiology of Plants ...... 3. Of Agriculture and the Economical Uses of Plants . CHAP . II . OF ZOOLOGY .. 43 63 69 Sect . 1 ...
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... Botany . 3 Mineralogy . 2 Zoology . 4 Geography and Topography . These will occupy our attention successively in the four following Chapters CHAP . I. OF BOTANY . Botany . BOTANY , or that part of Natural History which treats of plants ...
... Botany . 3 Mineralogy . 2 Zoology . 4 Geography and Topography . These will occupy our attention successively in the four following Chapters CHAP . I. OF BOTANY . Botany . BOTANY , or that part of Natural History which treats of plants ...
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... botany , as far as the labours of the Royal Society are connected with them in the three fol- lowing sections . SECT . I. - Of the Description and Arrangement of Plants . It is to this branch of the science that the term Botany , in ...
... botany , as far as the labours of the Royal Society are connected with them in the three fol- lowing sections . SECT . I. - Of the Description and Arrangement of Plants . It is to this branch of the science that the term Botany , in ...
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... botany can be expected during the dark ages of Europe . The cultivation of the sciences was first revived in Italy , where knowledge began to be valued in consequence of the commerce of the different states and the en- lightened ...
... botany can be expected during the dark ages of Europe . The cultivation of the sciences was first revived in Italy , where knowledge began to be valued in consequence of the commerce of the different states and the en- lightened ...
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