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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... Wren , LL . D. Edmond Wylde , Esq . Daniel Whistler , M , D. Sir Edward Bysshe Sir John Birkenhead Mons . Christian Huyghens Mons . Samuel Sorbiere i Favourable ence . 1530. It contains , besides a good R 2 ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON . 3.
... Wren , LL . D. Edmond Wylde , Esq . Daniel Whistler , M , D. Sir Edward Bysshe Sir John Birkenhead Mons . Christian Huyghens Mons . Samuel Sorbiere i Favourable ence . 1530. It contains , besides a good R 2 ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON . 3.
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... contains , besides a good number of printed books , many rare and valuable manuscripts . At the same time , Mr. Howard gave the Society con- venient apartments in Arundel House , to which they removed their meetings , because Gresham ...
... contains , besides a good number of printed books , many rare and valuable manuscripts . At the same time , Mr. Howard gave the Society con- venient apartments in Arundel House , to which they removed their meetings , because Gresham ...
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... contain in fact a history of the pro- gress of the sciences in Great Britain during the last 150 years . By compar- ing this progress with the present state of each science , we shall discover at a glance what portion of each originated ...
... contain in fact a history of the pro- gress of the sciences in Great Britain during the last 150 years . By compar- ing this progress with the present state of each science , we shall discover at a glance what portion of each originated ...
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... containing about 500 new species , and still valuable to the botanist on account of the numerous figures which they ... contains the names of various rare animals , minerals , and plants . Several cryptogamous plants make their first ...
... containing about 500 new species , and still valuable to the botanist on account of the numerous figures which they ... contains the names of various rare animals , minerals , and plants . Several cryptogamous plants make their first ...
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... contains engravings of 417 rare plants , all drawn and etched with his own hand , and with the most minute precision . But his great work , a work which will not easily be surpassed , is his HISTORIA MUSCORUM , published in 1741 . In ...
... contains engravings of 417 rare plants , all drawn and etched with his own hand , and with the most minute precision . But his great work , a work which will not easily be surpassed , is his HISTORIA MUSCORUM , published in 1741 . In ...
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