A Manual of Natural and Experimental Philosophy: Being the Substance of a Series of Lectures Delivered in the London, Russell, Surrey, and Metropolitan Institutions, Volume 2J. Taylor, 1828 - 304 pages |
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NATURE OF LIGHT AND CONSTRUCTION | 1 |
Short Sight Page 1138 | 138 |
periments by Franklin Monnier and Mazeas Electric Kite | 182 |
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