Encyclop¿dia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 17. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 576
... Society of London by charter from Charles II .; and Cowley's plan is manifeftly copied in almoft all its parts from that in the New Atlantis . The inftitution of the Royal Society of London was foon followed by the establishment of the ...
... Society of London by charter from Charles II .; and Cowley's plan is manifeftly copied in almoft all its parts from that in the New Atlantis . The inftitution of the Royal Society of London was foon followed by the establishment of the ...
Page 584
... Society of London , inftituted in the 1752 , on the plan recommended by Lord Bacon ( De Augm . Scient . lib . iv . cap . 2. ) , to revive the Hippocra- tic method of compofing narratives of particular cafes , in which the nature of the ...
... Society of London , inftituted in the 1752 , on the plan recommended by Lord Bacon ( De Augm . Scient . lib . iv . cap . 2. ) , to revive the Hippocra- tic method of compofing narratives of particular cafes , in which the nature of the ...
Page 586
... Society for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa . This fociety or affociation for explo . ring the internal diftricts of Africa , of which fo little is at prefent known , was formed in London by fome opu- lent ...
... Society for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa . This fociety or affociation for explo . ring the internal diftricts of Africa , of which fo little is at prefent known , was formed in London by fome opu- lent ...
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