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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... discovery ; every judicious experiment led the fortunate philosopher to eminence . But all were conscious of the immense space which was to be explored , of the little progress that could be made by a single individual , and of the ...
... discovery ; every judicious experiment led the fortunate philosopher to eminence . But all were conscious of the immense space which was to be explored , of the little progress that could be made by a single individual , and of the ...
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... been unable to observe the passages de- scribed and figured by the author . He was probably misled by his microscope . H Discovery of the sexes of plants . produces seeds ; CHAP . I.J ' 49 NATURAL HISTORY . - BOTANY .
... been unable to observe the passages de- scribed and figured by the author . He was probably misled by his microscope . H Discovery of the sexes of plants . produces seeds ; CHAP . I.J ' 49 NATURAL HISTORY . - BOTANY .
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... discovery is due , was Sir Thomas Millington , Savilian Professor at Oxford , soon after the establishment of the Royal Society . He mentioned his opinion to Grew , who embraced it , and detailed , at some length , his reasons for ...
... discovery is due , was Sir Thomas Millington , Savilian Professor at Oxford , soon after the establishment of the Royal Society . He mentioned his opinion to Grew , who embraced it , and detailed , at some length , his reasons for ...
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... discovery . They were not aware that it had been practised nearly a century before in Ireland . Hardly any improvements make their way more slowly from one country to an- other than improvements in agriculture . This must be ascribed ...
... discovery . They were not aware that it had been practised nearly a century before in Ireland . Hardly any improvements make their way more slowly from one country to an- other than improvements in agriculture . This must be ascribed ...
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... discovery of their real nature was first made by Peyssonnel , a French physician , who had been many years settled at Guadaloupe . He sent a manuscript Treatise on Coral to the Royal Society , a full account of which , drawn up by Dr ...
... discovery of their real nature was first made by Peyssonnel , a French physician , who had been many years settled at Guadaloupe . He sent a manuscript Treatise on Coral to the Royal Society , a full account of which , drawn up by Dr ...
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