 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 458 pages
...correspond in particular points, may be arranged together. A knowledge of the second head can >mly be acquired by a diligent and accurate investigation...history consists in the collection, arrangement and exbibition of the various productions of the earth. These are divided into three great kingdoms of... | |
 | John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 704 pages
...indefatigable industry, the happiest opportunities, the most prolix and undisturbed vacancies." 2. The study of natural history consists in the collection,...various productions of the earth. These are divided into the three grand kingdoms of nature, the mineral, the vegetable, and the animal. (1.) Minerals inhabit... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 pages
...indefatigable industry, the happiest opportunities, the most prolix and undisturbed vacancies." 2. The study of natural history consists in the collection,...various productions of the earth. These are divided into the three grand kingdoms of nature, tht mineral, the vegetable, and the animal. (1.) Minerals inhabit... | |
 | England - 1831 - 1008 pages
...depended upon his knowing the greatest number of species, and that the study of Natural History consisted in the collection, arrangement, and exhibition of the various productions of the earth. Unquestionably, by storing the memory with specific names and technical distinctions, " a good gossiping... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...Water . . . . . 1.75 9 Loss 99.5 5 the interesting and more material facts Connected with each genus. The study of natural history consists in the collection,...interior parts of the earth, in rude and shapeless masses ; but most of them may be sometimes found crystallized so regularly, that they may be determined by... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...Silica .... Alumina . . . Soda .... Oxide of iron . Water .... Loss . 48 . 24.25 16.5 . 175 9 99.5 5 The study of natural history consists in the collection,...kingdoms of nature, the boundaries of which meet in the ZOOPRYTES, which see. tlie interesting and more material facts Connected with each genus. Minerals... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 358 pages
...most simple of any that has yet been presented to the public. A knowledge of the second head cart only be acquired by a diligent and accurate investigation of each particular object i for this we must refer the reader to the several genera described in the course of the work, under... | |
 | Scotland - 1831 - 1040 pages
...depended upon his knowing the greatest number of species, and that the stu dy of Natural History consisted in the collection, arrangement, and exhibition of the various productions of the earth. Unquestionably, by storing the memory with specific names and technical distinctions, " a good gossiping... | |
 | George Montagu - Birds - 1831 - 670 pages
...philosophic deduction. These remarks are easily proved. " The study of natural history," says Linnaeus, "consists in the collection, arrangement, and exhibition of the various productions of the earth."f But a study thus narrowed down, and without a reference to causes, effects, or the wise contrivances... | |
 | Charles Whitlaw - Baths - 1838 - 186 pages
...last returned into their parent sea. The study of natural history, simple, beautiful, and instructive, consists in the collection, arrangement, and exhibition...various productions of the earth. These are divided into the three grand kingdoms of nature, whose boundaries meet together in the Zoophytes. MINERALS inhabit... | |
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The study of natural history, simple, beautiful, and instructive, consists in the collection, arrangement, and exhibition of the various productions of the earth. 
