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Theophrastus versus Millington

Nature volume 13, page 127 (1875)Cite this article

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IN a letter in NATURE, vol. xiii. pp. 85, 86, Mr. Bennett appears to contend— 1. That if the credit of suggesting the true function of the stamens of flowering plants is to be attributed to either, it belongs to Grew rather than to Millington. 2. But that even the views of the former were not materially in advance of those of Theophrastus.

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C., A. Theophrastus versus Millington. Nature 13, 127 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/013127a0

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