A discourse upon some late improvements of the means for preserving the health of mariners. Delivered at the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society, November 30, 1776
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Author
Contributions
- Royal Society (Great Britain) - Contributor
Publication
1776 - Printed for the Royal society, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
11,000 words, Guess
Page Count
44 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL33106463M
- OCLC Control Number14864852
- Internet Archiveb30790943
Classifications
- LCCG420 .C66 1777
Description
Discourse delivered by Sir John Pringle, president of the Royal Society, on the occasion of the presentation to Captain James Cook, (in absentia, as Cook had embarked on his third voyage) of the Copley Medal awarded to him for his paper on the method taken for preserving the crew of the Resolution from scurvy; see Cook's 'The method taken for preserving the health of the crew of His Majesty's ship the Resolution' on pages 39-44.
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