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... plate had all been sent to his chambers in the Adelphi , where he was visited by the Portuguese youth ; to whom he said " Go about the room with your rod , and try if you can find any mass of metal . " The youth did so ; and his rod ...
... plate had all been sent to his chambers in the Adelphi , where he was visited by the Portuguese youth ; to whom he said " Go about the room with your rod , and try if you can find any mass of metal . " The youth did so ; and his rod ...
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... plate which he had previously detected in Mr. Dilke's desk at the Adelphi ; but having nothing whatever to guide him even to a guess , he was completely at fault . Mr. Dilke's im- pression was that he was not an impostor , but a sincere ...
... plate which he had previously detected in Mr. Dilke's desk at the Adelphi ; but having nothing whatever to guide him even to a guess , he was completely at fault . Mr. Dilke's im- pression was that he was not an impostor , but a sincere ...
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... Plates , and 16 Woodcuts . 2 vols . 8vo . 28s , INTRODUCTORY LECTURES on MODERN HISTORY . Delivered iu Lent Term , 1842 ; with the Inaugural Lecture delivered in December 1841 . By the Rev. THOMAS ARNOLD , D.D. 8vo . price 7s . 6d ...
... Plates , and 16 Woodcuts . 2 vols . 8vo . 28s , INTRODUCTORY LECTURES on MODERN HISTORY . Delivered iu Lent Term , 1842 ; with the Inaugural Lecture delivered in December 1841 . By the Rev. THOMAS ARNOLD , D.D. 8vo . price 7s . 6d ...
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... Plates , 14s . The MOON , and the Condition and Configurations of its Surface . By EDMUND NEISON , Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society , & c . With 26 Maps and 5 Plates . Medium 8vo . 31s . 6d . A NEW STAR ATLAS , for the Library ...
... Plates , 14s . The MOON , and the Condition and Configurations of its Surface . By EDMUND NEISON , Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society , & c . With 26 Maps and 5 Plates . Medium 8vo . 31s . 6d . A NEW STAR ATLAS , for the Library ...
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... Plates and 758 Woodcuts . Post 8vo . 158 . NATURAL PHILOSOPHY for GENERAL READERS and YOUNG PERSONS ; being a Course of Physics divested of Mathematical Formulæ expressed in the language of daily life . Translated from GANOT's Cours de ...
... Plates and 758 Woodcuts . Post 8vo . 158 . NATURAL PHILOSOPHY for GENERAL READERS and YOUNG PERSONS ; being a Course of Physics divested of Mathematical Formulæ expressed in the language of daily life . Translated from GANOT's Cours de ...
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