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In the of...Things, tho' the most and ; the Peble or Flint, Cockle or Oyster-shell, Grass, Moss, Fern or Thistle, will be as, and as and sent, as any the rarest production of the Country. Only take care to choose of each the, and such as are or.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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John Woodward

John Woodward

Born: May 1, 1665
Died: April 25, 1728 (aged 62)
Bio: John Woodward was an English naturalist, antiquarian and geologist, and founder by bequest of the Woodwardian Professorship of Geology at Cambridge University.
Known for:
  1. Geography: A Visual Encyclopedia
  2. Dinosaur Atlas
  3. Predator In 3-D
  4. One Million Things: Planet Earth

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