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Learning and all good inven- 

 tions) had in a Tranfa&ion 

 £Numb. 96. July 21. 1673*) 

 given a defcription of one of 

 my Boxes (which they had got- 

 ten from the learned Sir Robert: 

 Murray , and he from Sir William 

 Thorn/on^ who had got it from 

 me, together with a written de- 

 scription of its parts and ufe, 

 not intended for publication^ 

 but for private fatisfa&ion on- 

 ly) and that they had appro- 

 ved the fame;, as the belt form 

 of Hives yet invented. 



This encouraged me to the 

 publication of the Houfe and 

 Hives together 5 for (I fuppo- 

 fed) if the Muftrious Society 

 efteemed fo much a lame and 

 defective reprefentation of a 

 part, then would they much 

 more approve the whole Inven- 

 tion when certified of the long 

 experience 5 commodioufnefs , 



and 



