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Page 216 - Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem, In Six Books : Together with several other Poems, composed by Ossian the Son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic Language, By James Macpherson.
Page 80 - The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species...
Page 41 - The various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilized by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing.
Page 208 - HYDRAULIC TABLES, CO-EFFICIENTS, and FORMULAE for finding the Discharge of Water from Orifices, Notches, Weirs, Pipes, and Rivers. With New Formulae, Tables, and General Information on Rain-fall, Catchment-Basins, Drainage, Sewerage, Water Supply for Towns and Mill Power. By JOHN NEVILLE, Civil Engineer, MRIA Third Edition, carefully revised, with considerable Additions.
Page 245 - CLIFFORD — THE ELEMENTS OF DYNAMIC. An Introduction to the Study of Motion and Rest in Solid and Fluid Bodies.
Page 51 - Agricola's Invasion to the Extinction of the last Jacobite Insurrection. By JOHN HILL BURTON, DCL, Historiographer-Royal for Scotland. New and Enlarged Edition. 8 vols., and Index. Crown 8vo, £3, 3s. History of the British Empire during the Reign of Queen Anne.
Page 145 - Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Reign of Edward I. 2 vols, 8vo, containing upwards of 1,000 pages, closely printed In double columns, cloth, a new and cheaper edition.
Page 207 - The POLAR WORLD; a Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe. By Dr.
Page 168 - THE FAR INTERIOR. A narrative of Travel and Adventure from the Cape of Good Hope, across the Zambesi to the Lake Regions of Central Africa.
Page 212 - A New Treatise on Elements of Mechanics : Establishing Strict Precision in the Meaning of Dynamical Terms : accompanied with an Appendix on Duodenal Arithmetic and Metrology.