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ELECTRICITY, &c.-(Continued.)

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LEITHEAD, (W.) Electricity; its Nature, Operation, and Importance in
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HENRY, (J.) Contributions to Electricity and Magnetism.

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MURPHY, (Rev. R.) Elementary Principles of the Theory of Electricity.
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