An essay on the philosophy, study, and use of natural historyWhite, Cochrane, and Company, 1813 - 236 pages |
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... Objects of this Study . A milder and more noble View of the Subject . Of the Elements 17 CHAP . III . The Animal Kingdom capable of exciting the most In- terest . On the Nature of Animals . Objections to Buffon's System . A Definition ...
... Objects of this Study . A milder and more noble View of the Subject . Of the Elements 17 CHAP . III . The Animal Kingdom capable of exciting the most In- terest . On the Nature of Animals . Objections to Buffon's System . A Definition ...
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... objects of the study of Natural History , though such a work could scarcely fail of proving highly beneficial . SMELLIE , the very able and judicious translator of BUFFON , hath left us some valuable remarks in this branch of philosophy ...
... objects of the study of Natural History , though such a work could scarcely fail of proving highly beneficial . SMELLIE , the very able and judicious translator of BUFFON , hath left us some valuable remarks in this branch of philosophy ...
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... object of all enlightened Naturalists to seek a more intimate acquaintance with the DEITY , by studying His works , and to gain more accurate and enlarged views of the nature of existence , and all visible objects , by such an ...
... object of all enlightened Naturalists to seek a more intimate acquaintance with the DEITY , by studying His works , and to gain more accurate and enlarged views of the nature of existence , and all visible objects , by such an ...
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... objects it regards , as to its real im- portance to the best interests of mankind , and as a source of rational and very superior amuse- ment ; since it would ill become one who has been accustomed to consider every hour that is not ...
... objects it regards , as to its real im- portance to the best interests of mankind , and as a source of rational and very superior amuse- ment ; since it would ill become one who has been accustomed to consider every hour that is not ...
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... object that can be ren- dered cognizable to the eye , or touch , of man , not on the surface of this globe only , but above it , beneath it , within it , around it , and through- out the visible universe : it may , indeed , and without ...
... object that can be ren- dered cognizable to the eye , or touch , of man , not on the surface of this globe only , but above it , beneath it , within it , around it , and through- out the visible universe : it may , indeed , and without ...
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An Essay on the Philosophy, Study and Use of Natural History Charles Fothergill No preview available - 2009 |
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