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Page 303 - Familiar Letters on Chemistry, in its relations to physiology, Dietetics, Agriculture, Commerce, and Political Economy. By JUSTUS VON LIEBIG.
Page 304 - Whether we consider the liberality and beauty of the Illustrations, the charm of the writing; or the durable interest of the matter, we must express our belief that there is hardly to be found...
Page 301 - A very convenient class-book for junior students in' private schools. It is intended to convey, in clear and precise terms, general notions of all the principal divisions of Physical Science.
Page 301 - Magazine. THE HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM, and ACOUSTICS. New Edition. Edited by GEO. CAREY FOSTER, BA, FCS With 400 Illustrations. Post 8vo, 5*. cloth. " The book could not have been entrusted to any one better calculated to preserve the terse and lucid style of Lardner. while correcting his errors and bringing up his work to the present state of scientific knowledge.
Page 302 - THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. By DR. LARDNER. New Edition. Revised and re-written by EB BRIGHT, FRAS, Secretary of the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company ; containing full information, in a popular form, of Telegraphs at home and abroad, brought up to the present time ; including Descriptions of Railway Signalling Apparatus, Clock Regulating by Electricity, Admiral Fitzroy s System of Storm Warning, &c.
Page 302 - Side by side, as long as husbandry shall last, will these three names shine in co-equal glory : — Antoine Lavoisier, Humphry Davy, Justus Liebig. To Lavoisier oelongt) the noble initiation of the work ; to Davy, its splendid prosecution ; to Liebig, its glorious consummation. Embracing in his masterly induction the results of all foregone and contemporary investigation, and supplying its large defects by his own incomparable researches, Liebig has built up on imperishable foundations, as a connected...
Page 302 - It is not very long since a lecturer was explaining some astronomical facts to his pupils ; and in order to set the matter clearly before them, he referred to more than one large and important volume on the subject, but without a decidedly satisfactory result. One of the pupils, however, produced from his pocket a small unpretending work (Dr. Lardner's Handbook], and that which a lengthy paragraph in the large work had failed to make clear, was completely elucidated in a short pithy sentence in the...
Page 302 - It is capitally edited by Mr. Bright, who has succeeded in making this one of the most readable books extant on the Electric Telegraph. On the ground it takes up it is quite exhaustive ; and he who will carefully read the work before us, and can retain its chief facts in remembrance, may well be considered thoroughly posted up in all that appertains to the Electric Telegraph to date.
Page 303 - HENRY'S GLOSSARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS for General Use. I2mo, 3s. 6d. "To students of works on the various sciences, it can scarcely fail to be of much service. The definitions are brief, but are, nevertheless, sufficiently precise and sufficiently plain; and in all cases the etymologies of the terms are traced with care.
Page 302 - We can cordially recommend it to all those who desire to possess a complete manual of the science and practice of astronomy.