| 1854 - 628 էջ
...charter contained a recital that " whereas serml of our loving subjects are desirous of forming a society for the cultivation of the science of natural history...especially of the natural history of Great Britain and Irtland, and having subscribed considerable suras of money for that purpose, have humbly besought os... | |
| 1875 - 544 էջ
...a meeting was held in that city in October last, to consider the advisability of forming a society for the cultivation of the science of natural history in all its branches. It was resolved after some discussion that such a society should be formed, under the name of THE LINNEAN... | |
| 1851 - 722 էջ
...object of its formation is, the cultivation of the science of natural history in all its brandies, and more especially of the natural history of Great Britain and Ireland. The meetings and general business of the society are carried on in that spacious and convenient house... | |
| Abraham Hume - 1853 - 436 էջ
...SOCIETY. " THE LINN.SANSOCIETY" was founded in 1788, and incorporated in 1802 ; for the cultivation of Natural History in all its branches, and more especially...the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland. Its first volume of Transactions was published in 1791; and since that period it has completed nineteen... | |
| Richard Sims - 1854 - 462 էջ
...SOHO SQUARE. The Linnsean Society was founded in 1788, and incorporated in 1802, for the cultivation of Natural History in all its branches, and more especially...the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland. The Society possesses an excellent Library of nearly 10,000 volumes, consisting principally of works... | |
| William Golden Lumley - 1856 - 228 էջ
...however, the library was open to every one who chose to subscribe. The Linntean Society, incorporated for the cultivation of the science of natural history in all its branches, and for the promotion of every kind of improvement in arts and sciences, was admitted to be exempt. Linnaan... | |
| 1859 - 452 էջ
...SOCIETY. Instituted 1788. Incorporated 1802. The object of the society, as stated in its charter, is " the cultivation of the science of natural history...the natural history of Great Britain and Ireland." The library is open on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday ; and the museum on Wednesday and Friday, from... | |
| 1859 - 578 էջ
...original object of this Society ae distinctly expressed in our charter, which defines that object to be " the cultivation of the Science of Natural History...the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland." I allude to the British Herbarium. The existence of several typical and wellknown collections of our... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1897 - 900 էջ
...the spirit of the charter of the Society which expressly defined the object of its formation to be "the cultivation of the science of natural history...natural history of Great Britain and Ireland."— Prof. Conway Macmillan, of the University of Minnesota, communicated the principal points of a paper... | |
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