Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Томи 7 – 8American Philosophical Society, 1861 |
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American Philosophical Society. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF THE LATE THOMAS NUTTALL . THOMAS NUTTALL , an Englishman by birth , but an Ame- rican by his scientific labors and reputation , was born in 1786 , in the market - town of Settle , in ...
American Philosophical Society. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF THE LATE THOMAS NUTTALL . THOMAS NUTTALL , an Englishman by birth , but an Ame- rican by his scientific labors and reputation , was born in 1786 , in the market - town of Settle , in ...
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... Nuttall , with high compliments , the printer who was engaged upon it asked the Professor who was that Nuttall so frequently referred to in his work , adding that he had once worked with a printer of that name , who spent the greatest ...
... Nuttall , with high compliments , the printer who was engaged upon it asked the Professor who was that Nuttall so frequently referred to in his work , adding that he had once worked with a printer of that name , who spent the greatest ...
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... Nuttall had already devoted himself to the study of some branches of natural history , cannot be doubted . Minera- logy seems to have been his earliest and favorite study ; but as to Botany , in which he has acquired his great ...
... Nuttall had already devoted himself to the study of some branches of natural history , cannot be doubted . Minera- logy seems to have been his earliest and favorite study ; but as to Botany , in which he has acquired his great ...
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... Nuttall , with eagerness , embraced this opportunity to gratify his ardent desire for distant travelling , and his passion for the study of Nature ; he offered to accompany Bradbury , and his request was accepted . They started together ...
... Nuttall , with eagerness , embraced this opportunity to gratify his ardent desire for distant travelling , and his passion for the study of Nature ; he offered to accompany Bradbury , and his request was accepted . They started together ...
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... Nuttall returned to Philadelphia from this journey up the Missouri , in the beginning of 1811 , bringing with him ... Nuttall had a room expressly reserved for him at his house , called Nuttall's room , which he occupied occasionally for ...
... Nuttall returned to Philadelphia from this journey up the Missouri , in the beginning of 1811 , bringing with him ... Nuttall had a room expressly reserved for him at his house , called Nuttall's room , which he occupied occasionally for ...
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