...than among the shirls. The real turmalin was first brought from Ceylon, and made known by the Dutch, about the end of the seventeenth 'or beginning of the eighteenth century. It is commonly believed, that the first account of it ever published is that to be found iri the Memoirs...

...than among the shirls. The real turmalin was first brought from Ceylon, and made known by the Dutch, about the end of the seventeenth or beginning of the eighteenth century. It is commonly believed, that the first account of it ever published is that to be found in the Memoirs...

...Island of Trinidad, in 1595. Dr. Gibbons brought it into notice in England. He was an eminent physician about the end of the seventeenth, or beginning of the eighteenth, century ; and a box for holding candles, and then a bureau, made of a block of mahogany, were given to him by his...

...Tournefort, Rivinus, Boerhaave, Herman, and Magnol, which appeared about the end of the seventeenth or the beginning of the eighteenth century ; and which, whatever...epidemic enthusiasm characteristic of the nation, and which has been admired by botanists of all countries. It had, indeed, much merit, at least as exhibiting...

...Tournefort, Rivinus, Boerhaave, Herman, and Magnol, which appeared ahout the end of the seventeenth or the beginning of the eighteenth century ; and which, whatever...a new and systematic form. But the most celebrated a; well as the most beautiful of them all was that of Tournefort, which was adopted in France with...

...considerable merit. BAKER (Henry), an ingenious and diligent naturalist, was born in Fleet-street, London, about the end of the seventeenth, or beginning of the eighteenth century. He was brought up under an eminent bookseller, who preceded the eldor Dodsley, but being of a philosophical...

...every year ; it is partly supported by funds accruing from land bequeathed by some of the Gamlyn family about the end of the seventeenth or beginning of the eighteenth century, aud partly by subscription ; the master and mistress, who are remunerated by salaries, are allowed...

...bounties of nature, there came in an evil hour to their peaceful shores, a party of French emigrants, who, about the end of the seventeenth or beginning of the eighteenth century, navigated the Mississippi in quest of wealth and territory. They were received with all the cordiality...

...and that some deficient leaves have been supplied by manuscript. This manuscript is not older than the end of the seventeenth or beginning of the eighteenth century, and as it was made from an impression of the second folio of 1632, it is in itself of no worth; but certain...

...among the schorls. The real tourmaline was first brought from Ceylon, and made known by the Dutch, about the end of the seventeenth, or beginning of the eighteenth century. It is commonly believed that the first account of it ever published is that to be found in the Memoirs...