 | 1843 - 586 sider
...Royal Society 1671, page 27, line 31. (Here follows a long quotation from the paper.) ' Mr Wood I — This is the greatest discovery in nature that- ever...had writ plainer, and afforded a little more paper. — Yours, ' J. AUBREY. ' Before I leave this town I will get of him a catalogue of what he hath wrote,... | |
 | John Walker - 1813 - 1014 sider
...Hooke, when it served to help to answer Dr. Wallis his arguments produced in the It. S. against it Mr. Wood ! This is the greatest discovery in nature...much as hinted by any man before. I know you will doe him right. I hope you may read his hand. I wish he had writt plainer, and afforded a little more... | |
 | John Walker - 1813 - 326 sider
...was since the world's creation. It never was so much as hinted by any man before. I know you will doe him right. I hope you may read his hand. I wish he had writt plainer, and afforded a little more paper. Tuns, J. AUBREY. Before I leave this towne, I will... | |
 | George Dyer - 1824 - 736 sider
...reflections, or regard to his raw appeal: "Mr, Wood! this (alluding to what he had said of Hooke) " is the greatest discovery in nature, that ever was since the world's crea" tion; It never was so much as hinted by any man before f." f Which, again, is not true. The famous... | |
 | 1843 - 590 sider
...read to the Royal Society 1671, page 27, line 31. (Here follows a long quotation from the paper.) ' Mr Wood ! — This is the greatest discovery in nature...It never was so much as hinted by any man before. 1 know you will do him right. I hope you may read his hand. I wish he had writ plainer, and afforded... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 sider
...as hinted by any man ty fore. I know you will do him right 1 hope yo * The words are here illegible. may read his hand. I wish he had writ plainer, and afforded a little more paper. — Yours, ' J. AUBREY. 'Before I leave this town 1 will get of him a caialo¿rue of what he hath wrote,... | |
 | John Aubrey - 1898 - 478 sider
...served to help to answer Dr. Wallis his arguments produced in the Royal Society against it.'] Mr. Wood I This is the greatest discovery in nature that ever...much as hinted by any man before. I know you will doe him right. I hope you may read his hand. I wish he had writt plainer, and afforded a little more... | |
 | John Aubrey, Andrew Clark - 1898 - 454 sider
...served to help to answer Dr. Wallis his arguments produced in the Royal Society against it.'] Mr. Wood l This is the greatest discovery in nature that ever...much as hinted by any man before. I know you will doe him right. I hope you may read his hand. I wish he had writt plainer, and afforded a little more... | |
 | John Aubrey, Andrew Clark - 1898 - 456 sider
...by any man before. I know you will doe him right. I hope you may read his hand. I wish he had writt plainer, and afforded a little more paper. Tuus, J. AUBREY. Before I leave this towne, I will gett of him a catalogue of what he hath wrote ; and as much of his inventions as I can.... | |
 | John Aubrey - 1982 - 340 sider
.... * The letter was corrected by Robert Hooke, and some of his technical details have been omitted. Mr Wood! This is the greatest discovery in nature...right. I hope you may read his hand. I wish he had written plainer and afforded a little more paper. Yours, J. Aubrey Before I leave this town, I will... | |
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Mr Wood ! — This is the greatest discovery in nature that ever was since the world's creation. It never was so much as hinted by any man before. I know you will do him right. I hope you may read his hand. I wish he had writ plainer, and afforded a little... 
