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The HEBRIDES.
In Alize, one of these lsles (saith Ortelius) is abundance of Soland-Geese: And the same Author saith, that another Isle of them is a fertile soil for Corn, and rich in Veins of Me∣tal.
Britannia Baconica: or, The natural rarities of England, Scotland, & Wales. According as they are to be found in every shire. Historically related, according to the precepts of the Lord Bacon; methodically digested; and the causes of may of them philosophically attempted. With observations upon them, and deductions from them, whereby divers secrets in nature are discovered, and some things hitherto reckoned prodigies, are fain to confess the cause whence they proceed. Usefull for all ingenious men of what profession of quality soever. / By J. Childrey.
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- Britannia Baconica: or, The natural rarities of England, Scotland, & Wales. According as they are to be found in every shire. Historically related, according to the precepts of the Lord Bacon; methodically digested; and the causes of may of them philosophically attempted. With observations upon them, and deductions from them, whereby divers secrets in nature are discovered, and some things hitherto reckoned prodigies, are fain to confess the cause whence they proceed. Usefull for all ingenious men of what profession of quality soever. / By J. Childrey.
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- Childrey, J. (Joshua), 1623-1670.
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- London, :: Printed for the author, and are to be sold by H.E. at the sign of the Grey-hound in St. Pauls Church-yard,
- 1662.
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- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 -- Early works to 1800.
- Natural history -- Great Britain -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800.
- Curiosities and wonders -- Early works to 1800.
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"Britannia Baconica: or, The natural rarities of England, Scotland, & Wales. According as they are to be found in every shire. Historically related, according to the precepts of the Lord Bacon; methodically digested; and the causes of may of them philosophically attempted. With observations upon them, and deductions from them, whereby divers secrets in nature are discovered, and some things hitherto reckoned prodigies, are fain to confess the cause whence they proceed. Usefull for all ingenious men of what profession of quality soever. / By J. Childrey." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A32843.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.