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Page 55 - A NEW STAR ATLAS, for the Library, the School, and the Observatory, in Twelve Circular Maps (with Two Index Plates). Intended as a Companion to ' Webb's Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes.
Page 8 - AB, one of the commissioners appointed in pursuance of the sixth article of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation, between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America...
Page 59 - Chemical Selection and Scientific Application to Agriculture. Translated and edited by W. CROOKES, FRS With 31 Plates.
Page 59 - Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. lOd. home ; 8s. abroad.) DRESSINGS AND FINISHINGS FOR TEXTILE FABRICS AND THEIR APPLICATION. Description of all the Materials used in Dressing Textiles : Their Special Properties, the preparation of Dressings and their employment in Finishing Linen, Cotton, Woollen and Silk Fabrics. Fireproof and Waterproof Dressings, together with the principal machinery employed. Translated from the Third German Edition of FRIEDRICH POLLEYN.
Page 169 - Washington ; an account of the Corcoran gallery of art and of the National gallery and museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents ; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city.
Page 11 - Extracts From the Votes and Proceedings Of the American Continental Congress, Held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September 1774.
Page 7 - Second — That very few offices should be filled by election at one time, so as to permit adequate and unconfused public examination of the candidates...
Page 23 - Select list of references on the conservation of natural resources in the United States; comp.
Page 77 - April 24, 1865, as a Tribute of Respect to the Memory of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States, and assassinated in the City of Washington on Friday night, April 14, 1865.
Page 15 - A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied Sciences. With their Pronunciation, Etymology, and Signification. Including Much Collateral Information of a Descriptive and Encyclopedic Character, Prepared on the Basis of Thomas's Complete Medical Dictionary.