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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... important purpose of these associations was to publish , periodically , all the discoveries which came to their knowledge . It is to these Societies , therefore , that we are indebted for the present facility with which knowledge of ...
... important purpose of these associations was to publish , periodically , all the discoveries which came to their knowledge . It is to these Societies , therefore , that we are indebted for the present facility with which knowledge of ...
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... important . It originated in Britain , and indeed took its rise from the Royal Society ; and almost all the additions to it , even to our own times , have been made by the Members of that illustrious body . The third branch of botany ...
... important . It originated in Britain , and indeed took its rise from the Royal Society ; and almost all the additions to it , even to our own times , have been made by the Members of that illustrious body . The third branch of botany ...
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... important and rarer plants , published in four parts suc- cessively , and consisting of 328 plates . 2. ALMAGESTUM ... importance , nor his detached papers published in the Transactions , were the following : 1. MUSEI PETIVERIANI ...
... important and rarer plants , published in four parts suc- cessively , and consisting of 328 plates . 2. ALMAGESTUM ... importance , nor his detached papers published in the Transactions , were the following : 1. MUSEI PETIVERIANI ...
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... important either in medicine or domestic economy ; as for example , the myr- tus pimento , or Jamaica pepper ; the Winterania canella ; the drimys Winteri , or Winter's bark tree ; the protea argentea , or silver pine ; the coffea ...
... important either in medicine or domestic economy ; as for example , the myr- tus pimento , or Jamaica pepper ; the Winterania canella ; the drimys Winteri , or Winter's bark tree ; the protea argentea , or silver pine ; the coffea ...
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... important as it is , is entirely modern , and owes its origin to the Royal Society , by the Members of which the investiga- tion was begun , and by whom almost every fact relating to the subject hitherto established has been ascertained ...
... important as it is , is entirely modern , and owes its origin to the Royal Society , by the Members of which the investiga- tion was begun , and by whom almost every fact relating to the subject hitherto established has been ascertained ...
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