The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, Volume 8George Bonham, 1802 |
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OBSERVATIONS on the Proofs of the Huttonian Theory | 3 |
An Illustration and Confirmation of fome Facts mentioned in | 29 |
An Effay on the Declivities of Mountains By Richard | 35 |
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