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Natural history, 32 , 46 , 48 , 51 , 54 -55, 56 , 212 -213.
See also Chemical analysis; Illustration of plants; Natural philosophy
—of arts and crafts, 59
—data about solicited, 212 -213
—of plants, 19 , 25 , 48 , 54 -55, 65 -88, 89 -102, 103 -116, 215 , 222 , 225
conflicting views about, 70 -79, 83 , 87 , 109
choice of plants for, 69 , 73 , 74 , 88
collaboration on, 67 , 69 , 74 , 79 -80, 82 -83
cultivating and describing plants for, 69 , 73 , 75 , 79 -80, 88 , 104 , 110 , 111 , 299 n.33
directors of, 73 , 75 , 83 , 87
failure of, 65 , 69 , 88 , 102 , 103 -116, 225
geographical scope of, 73 , 74 , 114 , 115
goals of, 108
installments of planned, 54 , 103 -104, 107 , 111 , 113 , 114
Louvois and, 107 -111
Pontchartrain and, 111 , 113 -115
review of literature for, 80
patronage and, 69
theft of manuscripts for, 103 , 104 , 225
traditional and innovative elements in, 67 , 69 , 74
—related to natural philosophy and medicine, 65 -67, 69 , 70 , 79 , 101 , 108 , 109 , 173 -174
Natural philosophical research of Academy. See Académie royale des sciences, finances of; Air pump; Illustrations; Microscopy; names of individual academicians ; Natural history; Natural philosophy; Physiology; Plants
Natural philosophy: distinguished from natural history, 65 -66, 70 , 79 , 101 , 118 , 145 , 146 , 154 .
See also Anatomy; Natural history; Physiology
Navigation, 191
interest of Academy in, 48 , 169
Newton, Sir Isaac, 119 , 335 n.96
Niquet, Antoine de, 182 , 211 , 291 n.6
Nolin, Jean Baptiste, engraver, 294 n.40
Nomenclature, anatomical, 122 -123.
See also Plants, names of
Nutrition of plants. See Physiology, vegetable
Nutrition of animals and humans: diet and social hierarchy, 176 , 178
Dodart's study of, 19 , 96 , 99 , 100 , 103 -104
Dodart's theory of digestion, 173
value of plants in, 91 , 98 , 102 , 108 , 110 , 171 .
See also Chemical analysis