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Lardner’s Popular Geology. (From “The Museum of Science and Art.”) 201 Illustrations. 2s. 6d.
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Lardner on the Microscope. (From “The Museum of Science and Art.”) 1 vol. 147 Engravings. 2s.
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Lardner on the Steam Engine, Steam Navigation, Roads, and Railways. Explained and Illustrated. Eighth Edition. With numerous Illustrations. 1 vol. large 12mo. 8s. 6d.
A Guide to the Stars for every Night in the Year. In Eight Planispheres. With an Introduction. 8vo. 5s., cloth.
Minasi’s Mechanical Diagrams. For the Use of Lecturers and Schools. 15 Sheets of Diagrams, coloured, 15s., illustrating the following subjects: 1 and 2. Composition of Forces.--3. Equilibrium.--4 and 5. Levers.--6. Steelyard, Brady Balance, and Danish Balance.--7. Wheel and Axle.--8. Inclined Plane.--9, 10, 11. Pulleys.--12. Hunter’s Screw.--13 and 14. Toothed Wheels.--15. Combination of the Mechanical Powers.
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De Morgan’s Formal Logic; or, The Calculus of Inference, Necessary and Probable. 8vo. 6s. 6d.
Neil’s Art of Reasoning: a Popular Exposition of the Principles of Logic, Inductive and Deductive; with an Introductory Outline of the History of Logic, and an Appendix on recent Logical Developments, with Notes. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d., cloth.
=ENGLISH COMPOSITION=.
Neil’s Elements of Rhetoric; a Manual of the Laws of Taste, including the Theory and Practice of Composition. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d., cl.
=DRAWING=.
Lineal Drawing Copies for the earliest Instruction. Comprising upwards of 200 subjects on 24 sheets, mounted on 12 pieces of thick pasteboard, in a Portfolio. By the Author of “Drawing for Young Children.” 5s. 6d.
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=SINGING=.
A Musical Gift from an Old Friend, containing Twenty-four New Songs for the Young. By W. E. HICKSON, author of the Moral Songs of “The Singing Master.” 8vo. 2s. 6d.
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=CHEMISTRY=.
Gregory’s Hand-Book of Chemistry. For the use of Students. By WILLIAM GREGORY, M.D., late Professor of Chemistry in the University of Edinburgh. Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged. Illustrated by Engravings on Wood. Complete in One Volume. Large 12mo. 18s. cloth.
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Chemistry for Schools. By DR. LARDNER. 190 Illustrations. Large 12mo. 3s. 6d. cloth.
Liebig’s Familiar Letters on Chemistry, in its Relations to Physiology, Dietetics, Agriculture, Commerce, and Political Economy. Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged, with additional Letters. Edited by DR. BLYTH. Small 8vo. 7s. 6d. cloth.
Liebig’s Letters on Modern Agriculture. Small 8vo. 6s.
Liebig’s Principles of Agricultural Chemistry; with Special Reference to the late Researches made in England. Small 8vo. 3s. 6d., cloth.
Liebig’s Chemistry in its Applications to Agriculture and Physiology. Fourth Edition, revised. 8vo. 6s. 6d., cloth.
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Liebig’s Hand-Book of Organic Analysis; containing a detailed Account of the various Methods used in determining the Elementary Composition of Organic Substances. Illustrated by 85 Woodcuts. 12mo. 5s., cloth.
Bunsen’s Gasometry; comprising the Leading Physical and Chemical Properties of Gases, together with the Methods of Gas Analysis. Fifty-nine Illustrations. 8vo. 8s. 6d., cloth.
Wöhler’s Hand-Book of Inorganic Analysis; One Hundred and Twenty-two Examples, illustrating the most important processes for determining the Elementary composition of Mineral substances. Edited by DR. A. W. HOFMANN, Professor in the Royal College of Chemistry. Large 12mo.
Parnell on Dyeing and Calico Printing. (Reprinted from Parnell’s “Applied Chemistry in Manufactures, Arts, and Domestic Economy, 1844.”) With Illustrations. 8vo. 7s., cloth.
=GENERAL LITERATURE=.
De Morgans Book of Almanacs. With an Index of Reference by which the Almanac may be found for every Year, whether in Old Style or New, from any Epoch, Ancient or Modern, up to A.D. 2000. With means of finding the Day of New or Full Moon, from B.C. 2000 to A.D. 2000._ 5s., cloth lettered.
Guesses at Truth. By Two Brothers. New Edition. With an Index. Complete 1 vol. Small 8vo. Handsomely bound in cloth with red edges. 10s. 6d.
Rudall’s Memoir of the Rev. James Crabb; late of Southampton. With Portrait. Large 12mo., 6s., cloth.
Herschell (R. H.) The Jews; a brief Sketch of their Present State and Future Expectations. Fcap. 8vo. 1s. 6d., cloth.
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