Part 41

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XI.

Animal Mechanism,

A Treatise on Terrestrial and Aërial Locomotion.

By E. J. MAREY,

Professor at the College of France, and Member of the Academy of Medicine.

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XII.

History of the Conflict between Religion and Science.

By JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER, M.D., LL. D.,

Author of "The Intellectual Development of Europe."

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