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<p><b>The Bridgewater Treatises</b> (1833-36) are a series of eight works that were written by leading scientific figures appointed by the President of the <a href="page.php?w=Royal_Society">Royal Society</a> in fulfilment of a bequest of £8000, made by <a href="page.php?w=Francis_Henry_Egerton%2C_8th_Earl_of_Bridgewater">Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater</a>, for work on "the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation."</p>

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