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Page 8 - The Bridgewater Treatises on the power, wisdom and goodness of God as manifested in the Creation.
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| Title | Chemistry, Meteorology, and the Function of Digestion: Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Volume 8 Issue 8 of Bridgewater treatises on the power, wisdom, and goodness of God, as manifested in the creation Chemistry, Meteorology, and the Function of Digestion: Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, William Prout Issue 8 of The Bridgewater Treatises |
| Author | William Prout |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | W. Pickering, 1834 |
| Original from | University of Lausanne |
| Digitized | 13 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 570 pages |
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