Paper, 'Method of finding the vertues of plants by their structure' by Dr [Patrick] Blair
Reference number: CLP/10i/43
Date: 1719
Description
Paper by Blair regarding ways that have been used to determine benefits of certain plants since ancient times. Blair explains how physical characteristics can be used to determine potential uses of plants.
Subject: Botany
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A discourse concerning a method of discovering the Virtues of Plants by their external structure, By the same'.
Read to the Royal Society on 25 February 1719.
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- CLP/10i/43
- Earliest possible date
- 1719
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 8 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Patrick Blair, Paper, 'Method of finding the vertues of plants by their structure' by Dr [Patrick] Blair, 1719, CLP/10i/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10i_43/paper-method-of-finding-the-vertues-of-plants-by-their-structure-by-dr-patrick-blair, accessed on 25 April 2025
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Date: 31st December 1721
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1720.0010
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