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... Philosophical Transactions ' of the Royal Society , of which he became a member in 1807. The ' Transactions ' for 1829 also contain a paper by him , based on elabo- rate experiments and calculations , concerning the changes produced by ...
... Philosophical Transactions ' of the Royal Society , of which he became a member in 1807. The ' Transactions ' for 1829 also contain a paper by him , based on elabo- rate experiments and calculations , concerning the changes produced by ...
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... Philosophical Transactions for 1811 , and in 1813 published a work entitled ' An Epitome of Universal History . ' Astronomy , however , was his chief pursuit ; and shortly after the celebrated fraud of De Beranger on the Stock Ex ...
... Philosophical Transactions for 1811 , and in 1813 published a work entitled ' An Epitome of Universal History . ' Astronomy , however , was his chief pursuit ; and shortly after the celebrated fraud of De Beranger on the Stock Ex ...
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... philosophers have accomplished during a whole lifetime . - Memoir of Francis Baily , by Sir John Herschel , Bart . London , 1856 . SIR JOSEPH BANKS , BART . , C.B. , P.R.S. MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE , ETC. Born February 12 ...
... philosophers have accomplished during a whole lifetime . - Memoir of Francis Baily , by Sir John Herschel , Bart . London , 1856 . SIR JOSEPH BANKS , BART . , C.B. , P.R.S. MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE , ETC. Born February 12 ...
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... Philosophers . London and Glasgow , 1855 . BRIGADIER - GENERAL SIR SAMUEL BENTHAM . Born January 11 , 1757. Died May 31 , 1831 . Sir Samuel Bentham was the youngest son of Jeremiah Bentham , and brother of Jeremy , the celebrated jurist ...
... Philosophers . London and Glasgow , 1855 . BRIGADIER - GENERAL SIR SAMUEL BENTHAM . Born January 11 , 1757. Died May 31 , 1831 . Sir Samuel Bentham was the youngest son of Jeremiah Bentham , and brother of Jeremy , the celebrated jurist ...
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... philosophical character of his botanical investigations . At an early age he was sent to the grammar - school of his native town , and in 1787 entered at Marischal College , Aberdeen , where he immedi- ately obtained a Ramsay Bursary in ...
... philosophical character of his botanical investigations . At an early age he was sent to the grammar - school of his native town , and in 1787 entered at Marischal College , Aberdeen , where he immedi- ately obtained a Ramsay Bursary in ...
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Page 139 - Watt, who directing the force of an original genius early exercised in philosophic research to the improvement of the steam-engine, enlarged the resources of his country, increased the power of man, and rose to an eminent place among the most illustrious followers of science, and the real benefactors of the world.
Page 70 - Having never seen the disease but in its casual way before, that is when communicated from the cow to the hand of the milker, I was astonished at the close resemblance of the pustules, in some of their stages, to the variolous pustules.
Page 69 - ... so that, if a cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single nestling, even one of the earliest, would be fit to provide for itself before its parent would be instinctively directed to seek a new residence, and be thus compelled to abandon its young one; for old cuckoos take their final leave of this country the first week in July.