A catalogue of modern works on science and technology. 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th-14th, 16th-19th, 22nd-25th, 35th, 39th, ed

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Page 119 - THE ARCTIC WORLD ILLUSTRATED: Its People, Plants, Animals, and Natural Phenomena. With a Historical Sketch of Arctic Discovery, and a Narrative of the British Expedition of 1875-76. By the Author of " The Mediterranean Illustrated.
Page 119 - A volume of picturesque rather than scientific descriptions of Arctic scenery, with its " wonders of sky and sea and land;" intended to "place before the reader, with bold touches, a picture of that Polar World which is so awful and yet so fascinating.
Page 125 - Woman's Work and Worth in Girlhood, Maidenhood, and Wifehood. Illustrations of Woman's Character, Duties, Rights, Position, Influence, Responsibilities, and Opportunities. With Hints on Self-Culture and Chapters on the Higher Education and Employment of Women. By WH DAVENPORT ADAMS, Author of " The Secret of Success,
Page 10 - There is certainly no book in English — we think there is none in any other language— which covers quite the same ground. It records the most recent advances in the experimental treatment of electrical problems, it describes with minute carefulness the instruments and methods in use in physical laboratories, and is prodigal of beautifully executed diagrams and drawings made to scale."— London Times.
Page 119 - LIGHTHOUSES AND LIGHTSHIPS : A Descriptive and Historical Account of their Mode of Construction and Organization. With Seventy Illustrations from Photographs and other Sources. Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 3s. 6d. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRIMEVAL WORLD. Founded on Meunier's "Les Animaux d'Autrefois.
Page 7 - INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURER TO HM GOVERNMENT, COUNCIL OF INDIA, SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, &c. MATHEMATICAL, DRAWING, AND SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND FINISH, AT THE MOST MODERATE PRICES.
Page 42 - SOUND : a Series of Simple, Entertaining, and Inexpensive Experiments in the Phenomena of Sound, for the use of Students of every age.
Page 119 - The Buried Cities of Campania; or, Pompeii and Herculaneum : Their History, their Destruction, and their Remains. By WH DAVENPORT ADAMS. With Fifty-seven Engravings and a Plan of Pompeii Post 8vo, cloth extra. Price 3s. The Queen of the Adriatic; or, Venice Past and Present.
Page 119 - THE BIRD. By JULES MICHELET, Author of "History of France," &c. Illustrated by Two Hundred and Ten Exquisite Engravings by GIACOMELLI. Imperial 8vo, full gilt side and gilt edges. Price 10s. 6d.

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