The anatomy of plants with an idea of a philosophical history of plants, and several other lectures, read before the royal society / by Nehemjah Grew ...
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- The anatomy of plants with an idea of a philosophical history of plants, and several other lectures, read before the royal society / by Nehemjah Grew ...
- Author
- Grew, Nehemiah, 1641-1712.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by W. Rawlins ...,
- 1682.
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- Subject terms
- Botany -- Anatomy -- Early works to 1800.
- Botany -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800.
- Physics -- Early works to 1800.
- Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.
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"The anatomy of plants with an idea of a philosophical history of plants, and several other lectures, read before the royal society / by Nehemjah Grew ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A42100.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 7, 2025.
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TO THE Right Honourable WILLIAM Lord Vi-Count BROUNCKER THE PRESIDENT; AND TO THE Council and Fellows OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
MY LORD,
THE Commands I received from Your Lord∣ship, and the Royal Society, To prosecute the Subject treated of in the Two former Books; have produced This which follows. And I humbly submit the same to Your Lordships Judg∣ment:
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which must needs be Candid and Benign, because it is Great. I have only this to say,
—〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉;Your Lordship will not disapprove the Enterprise, although it falls short of perfection. It being the result of Your Lordships manifold Virtues and Abi∣lities, That You know how far to Encourage the meanest Attempts; as well as rightly to Value and Assist the greatest Performances.
London, August 20. 1675.
Iam,My Lord,
Your Lordships most humble and most obsequious Servant NEHEMJAH GREW.