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chemistry241
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science116
physics95
marine animals89
oceanography53
medicine48
agriculture44

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France56
Italy6
Solar System5
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Spurn Point Lighthouse4
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People and organisationsCount
Academie Des Sciences134
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc Comte De (1707-1788)129
Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie81
Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie (1716-1799)81
Lacepede, Bernard Germaine Etienne De La Ville Sur Illon73
Lacepede, Bernard Germaine Etienne De La Ville Sur Illon Comte De (1756-1825)73
Gueneau De Montbeillard, Philibert72
Gueneau De Montbeillard, Philibert (1720-1785)72
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Murray, Sir John (1841-1914)52

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Science, early

Books and journals dating from the 16th century onwards, covering many different aspects of the sciences. The subjects covered range from general works on the major types of science, such as chemistry...

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Artis auriferae, quam chemiam vocant, volumina duo, quae continent Turbam philosophorum aliosque antiquiss. auctores : Accessit noviter volumen tertium (v.2)

1610

Analyzed in part. For full contents see J. Ferguson. Bibliotheca chemica. Glasgow (1906) vol. 1, p. 51-52.

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Art de la teinture en soie

Macquer, Pierre Joseph (1718-1784); Hellot, Jean (1685-1766); Académie des Sciences

1763

Part of a series published by the Académie des sciences, Paris, entitled Description des arts et métiers. Includes "Procédés particuliers, tirés du depôt du conseil, et communiqués" by J. Hel...

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The intellectual observer (v.4, 1864)

Subtitle: a review of natural history, microscopic research and recreative science.

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The intellectual observer (v.3, 1863)

Subtitle: a review of natural history, microscopic research and recreative science.

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The intellectual observer (v.11, 1867)

Subtitle: a review of natural history, microscopic research and recreative science.

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The intellectual observer (v.7, 1865)

Subtitle: a review of natural history, microscopic research and recreative science.

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The intellectual observer (v.5, 1864)

Subtitle: a review of natural history, microscopic research and recreative science.

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The intellectual observer (v.2, 1863)

Subtitle: a review of natural history, microscopic research and recreative science.

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The intellectual observer (v.8, 1866)

Subtitle: a review of natural history, microscopic research and recreative science.

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The intellectual observer (v.6, 1865)

Subtitle: a review of natural history, microscopic research and recreative science.

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The intellectual observer (v.9, 1866)

Subtitle: a review of natural history, microscopic research and recreative science.

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