elenchus

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On the 12th of February, 1634, Elenchus Religionis Papistic�, by John Bastwicke, M.D., was ordered to be burned by the High Commission Court.

From Notes and Queries, Number 228, March 11, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

He had previously been imprisoned and fined 1,000 pounds for his former works Elenchus Papisticae Religionis and Flagellum Pontificis.

From Books Fatal to Their Authors by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

A Phasianella was dredged in from 3 to 5 fathoms on sandy mud, at Port Phillip, with Elenchus rutilus, Marginella fornicata, and Cerithium granarium.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by MacGillivray, John

He wrote a work styled Elenchus Motuum nuperorum in Angli�.

From Notes and Queries, Number 58, December 7, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Dr. Wallis having published in 1655 his Elenchus Geometriæ Hobbianæ.

From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II by Cibber, Theophilus