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 ...
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- Grew, Nehemiah, 1641-1712.
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- 1682.
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- 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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Contents
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At a Meeting of the Council of the ROYAL
SOCIETY,
Feb. 22. 1681/2 - title page
- TO HIS MOST Sacred Majesty CHARLES II. King of Great Britain, &c.
- THE PREFACE.
-
part
- title page
- dedication
- THE CONTENTS.
- AN IDEA OF A Philosophical History OF PLANTS.
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book - 1
- title page
- dedication
- TO THE Right Reverend JOHN Lord Bishop of CHESTER.
- THE CONTENTS.
- THE ANATOMY OF PLANTS, BEGUN. With a General Account of Vegetation, Founded thereupon.
- CHAP. II. Of the ROOT.
- CHAP. III. Of the TRUNK.
- CHAP. IV. Of the GERMEN, BRANCH, and LEAF.
- CHAP. V. Of the FLOWER.
- CHAP. VI. Of the FRUIT.
- CHAP. VII. Of the SEED, in its State of Generation.
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book - 2
- title page
- TO THE Right Honourable WILLIAM Lord Vi-Count BROUNCKER THE PRESIDENT AND TO THE Council and Fellows OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
- THE CONTENTS.
- THE ANATOMY OF ROOTS; PROSECUTED With the bare EYE, AND WITH THE MICROSCOPE. PART I.
- An Account of the VEGETATION OF ROOTS Grounded chiefly upon the foregoing ANATOMY. PART II.
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book - 3
- title page
- TO THE Right Honourable WILLIAM Lord Vi-Count BROUNCKER THE PRESIDENT; AND TO THE Council and Fellows OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
- THE CONTENTS.
- THE ANATOMY OF TRUNKS; PROSECUTED With the bare EYE, And with the MICROSCOPE. PART I.
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An Account of the
VEGETATION
OF
TRUNKS
Grounded upon the foregoing
ANATOMY. PART II.
- CHAP. I. Of the Motion and Course of the Sap.
- CHAP. II. Of the Motion and Course of the Aer
- CHAP. III. Of the Structure of the Parts.
- CHAP. IV. Of the Generation of Liquors.
- CHAP. V. Of the Figuration of Trunks.
- CHAP. VI. Of the Motions of Trunks.
- CHAP. VII. Of the Nature of Timber or Trunks, as they serve for Mechanick Use.
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book - 4
- title page
-
part - 1
- THE CONTENTS. OF THE First Part.
- To the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq
- THE ANATOMY OF LEAVES, PROSECUTED With the bare EYE, And with the MICROSCOPE. Read before the Royal Society, Octob. 26. 1676. PART I.
- CHAP. II. Of those things which appear upon the Surface of the Leaf.
- CHAP. III. Of the Figure of the Leaf; and the Apparent Position of the Fibres.
- CHAP. IV. Of the Parts and Texture of the Leaf.
- CHAP. V. Of the Duration of Leaves, and the Time of their Generation.
- CHAP. VI. Of the Manner of the Generation of the Leaf. Where also, that of the Two General Parts of a Plant, sc. the Lignous and Parenchymous, is further explain'd.
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part - 2
- title page
- THE CONTENTS OF THE Second Part.
- THE ANATOMY OF FLOWERS. PART II.
- CHAP. II. Of the FOLIATURE.
- CHAP. III. Of the Attire, and first of that sort which may be called Seminiform.
- CHAP. IV. Of the FLORID ATTIRE.
- CHAP. V. Of the Use of the Attire.
- CHAP. VI. Of the Time of the Generation of the Flower.
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part - 3
- title page
- THE CONTENTS OF THE Third Part.
- THE ANATOMY OF FRUITS. PART III.
- CHAP. II. Of the PEAR and QUINCE.
- CHAP. III. Of the PLUM, and some other Fruits of the same Kindred.
- CHAP. IV. Of the GRAPE, and HAZEL-NUT; with some other Fruits, analogous to each of them.
- CHAP. V. Of the SEED-CASE or MEMBRANEOUS UTERUS.
- CHAP. VI. Of the USE of the Parts to the Fruit.
- CHAP. VII. Of the USE of the Parts to the Seed. And the TIME, in which the Uterus or Fruit and Seed-Case are formed.
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part - 4
- title page
- THE CONTENTS OF THE Fourth Part.
- THE ANATOMY OF SEEDS. PART IV.
- CHAP. II. Of the NUMBER and MOTIONS of Seeds.
- CHAP. III. Of the several COVERS of Seeds, and of the VI∣TELLUM.
- CHAP. IV. Of the FOETUS or true SEED: and first of the RADICLE and LOBES.
- CHAP. V. Of the BUDS of Seeds. And of the PARTS, of which these, the Radicle, and Lobes are compounded.
- CHAP. VI. Of the GENERATION of the SEED.
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part
- title page
- THE TITLES Of the following LECTURES.
- TO THE Right Honourable WILLIAM Lord Vi-Count BROUNCKER, PRESIDENT OF THE Royal Society.
- A DISCOURSE Read before the ROYAL SOCIETY Decemb. 10. 1674. Concerning the NATURE, CAUSES, and POWER OF MIXTURE.
- EXPERIMENTS IN CONSORT OF THE LUCTATION Arising from the Affusion of several MENSTRUUMS Upon all sorts of BODIES, Exhibited to the Royal Society, April 13. and June 1. 1676.
- AN ESSAY OF THE Various Proportions Wherein the LIXIVIAL SALT Is found in PLANTS. Read before the Royal Society, March, 1676.
- A DISCOURSE Concerning the ESSENTIAL and MARINE Salts of Plants. Read before the Royal Society, December 21. 1676.
- A DISCOURSE OF THE COLOURS OF PLANTS. Read before the Royal Society, May 3. 1677.
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A
DISCOURSE
OF THE
DIVERSITIES and CAUSES
OF
TASTS
CHIEFLY IN
PLANTS.
Read before the Royal Society, March 25. 1675.
- CHAP. I. Of the several Sorts of SIMPLE and COMPOUN∣DED Tasts; and the DEGREES of both.
- CHAP. II. Of the DURATION and several TERMES of Tasts.
- CHAP. III. Of the SUBJECT or SEAT of Tasts.
- CHAP. IV. Of the CAUSES of Tasts.
- CHAP. V. Of the Judgment which may be made of the VIRTUES of Plants, from their Tasts.
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EXPERIMENTS
IN
CONSORT
UPON THE
Solution of Salts
IN
WATER.
Read before the Royal Society, January, 18. 1676-77.
- CHAP. I. In which is shewed, the Compleat or Utmost Impregnation of WATER with several kinds of Salt, both together, and apart.
- CHAP. II. In which is shewed, that by the Solution of Salts in Wa∣ter, some certain space, more or less, is gained. That the space is different according to the Nature of the Salt. And what the just space is, which is gained.
- CHAP. III. Wherein, from the Experiments in the foregoing Chapter, is shewed, the Cause of the Motion of the Mercury in the BAROMETER.
- AN INDEX OF THE Chief Matters,
- THE EXPLICATION OF THE TABLES, Reduced to a narrow compass; as serving to clear those Particulars, chiefly, which the Descriptions before gi∣ven, have not reached.
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