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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... paper is found in the Original ; and the page of the Original where the commences is affixed to the title of each paper in the Abridgement . paper CONTENTS . HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION ... · BOOK I. NATURAL HISTORY vi PREFACE .
... paper is found in the Original ; and the page of the Original where the commences is affixed to the title of each paper in the Abridgement . paper CONTENTS . HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION ... · BOOK I. NATURAL HISTORY vi PREFACE .
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... papers read before the Society , and of course the value of the Transactions published , were considerably influenced by the President . If any person will take the trouble to examine the volumes published during the presidency of ...
... papers read before the Society , and of course the value of the Transactions published , were considerably influenced by the President . If any person will take the trouble to examine the volumes published during the presidency of ...
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... papers , connected with the arrangement and description of animals . These papers , as might be expected , are of various merits ; many of them excellent ; others reaching only medi- ocrity ; and there are 125 which seem , in the ...
... papers , connected with the arrangement and description of animals . These papers , as might be expected , are of various merits ; many of them excellent ; others reaching only medi- ocrity ; and there are 125 which seem , in the ...
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... paper states , that he saw a number of eels sliding up the flood - gates of the water - works , at Norwich , though six feet above the surface of the water , and perfectly dry and smooth . They as- cended with the greatest facility ...
... paper states , that he saw a number of eels sliding up the flood - gates of the water - works , at Norwich , though six feet above the surface of the water , and perfectly dry and smooth . They as- cended with the greatest facility ...
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... paper so as to form a kind of natural landscape . Dr. Hales , in one of his visits to Mr. Ellis , was struck with the beauty of the picture , and requested him to make some similar ones for the Princess Dowager of Wales , to contribute ...
... paper so as to form a kind of natural landscape . Dr. Hales , in one of his visits to Mr. Ellis , was struck with the beauty of the picture , and requested him to make some similar ones for the Princess Dowager of Wales , to contribute ...
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