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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... nature . The first , and not the least fatiguing part of the task , was to peruse the whole of the Philosophical Transactions , and to arrange all the papers under distinct heads , according to the sciences to which they respectively ...
... nature . The first , and not the least fatiguing part of the task , was to peruse the whole of the Philosophical Transactions , and to arrange all the papers under distinct heads , according to the sciences to which they respectively ...
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... nature of the subjects of which they treated . This in particular was the case with the papers on botany . In some ... NATURAL HISTORY vi PREFACE .
... nature of the subjects of which they treated . This in particular was the case with the papers on botany . In some ... NATURAL HISTORY vi PREFACE .
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... nature and constitution of the Royal Society the objects of their attention were necessarily unlimited . The physical sciences however , or those which are promoted by experiment , were their declared objects ; and experi- ment was the ...
... nature and constitution of the Royal Society the objects of their attention were necessarily unlimited . The physical sciences however , or those which are promoted by experiment , were their declared objects ; and experi- ment was the ...
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... department in the Philo- sophical Transactions , or when they are of such a nature as not to be well sus- ceptible of compression and generalization . BOOK I. OF NATURAL HISTORY . NATURAL History , as 16 ACCOUNT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY .
... department in the Philo- sophical Transactions , or when they are of such a nature as not to be well sus- ceptible of compression and generalization . BOOK I. OF NATURAL HISTORY . NATURAL History , as 16 ACCOUNT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY .
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... NATURAL HISTORY . NATURAL History , as far at least as it constitutes a department in the Philosophical Transactions , may be divided into four distinct heads ; namely , 1 Botany . 3 Mineralogy . 2 Zoology . 4 Geography and Topography ...
... NATURAL HISTORY . NATURAL History , as far at least as it constitutes a department in the Philosophical Transactions , may be divided into four distinct heads ; namely , 1 Botany . 3 Mineralogy . 2 Zoology . 4 Geography and Topography ...
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