The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... Engravings . BY THE EDITOR OF " THE ARCANA OF SCIENCE . " " Science exalts the mind , and raises it above minor matters . " PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION , 1843 . STOR LIBRARY AEW - YORK Mr. Babbage's Calculating Engine ...
... Engravings . BY THE EDITOR OF " THE ARCANA OF SCIENCE . " " Science exalts the mind , and raises it above minor matters . " PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION , 1843 . STOR LIBRARY AEW - YORK Mr. Babbage's Calculating Engine ...
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... engraver . LOUISA SEYFARTH , ( Miss L. Sharpe , ) artist . W. S. GILPIN , landscape - gardener . SYLV . F. LACROIX , the distinguished mathematician . D. S. HAHNEMANN , originator of the Homoeopathic System . DR . JACOBSEN , who filled ...
... engraver . LOUISA SEYFARTH , ( Miss L. Sharpe , ) artist . W. S. GILPIN , landscape - gardener . SYLV . F. LACROIX , the distinguished mathematician . D. S. HAHNEMANN , originator of the Homoeopathic System . DR . JACOBSEN , who filled ...
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... engravings of this Railway , in the Illustrated London News , No. 88 ; also the substance of the Report to Parliament on this invention , in Year - Book of Facts , 1843 , p . 14 . COST OF BRITISH RAILWAYS . Designation . Arbroath and ...
... engravings of this Railway , in the Illustrated London News , No. 88 ; also the substance of the Report to Parliament on this invention , in Year - Book of Facts , 1843 , p . 14 . COST OF BRITISH RAILWAYS . Designation . Arbroath and ...
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... engravings , will be found in the Illustrated London News , No. 40 . On April 18 , another of these extensive " blowings - up " of Dover cliffs came off at Lydden - Spout coast - guard MECHANICAL AND USEFUL ARTS . 27.
... engravings , will be found in the Illustrated London News , No. 40 . On April 18 , another of these extensive " blowings - up " of Dover cliffs came off at Lydden - Spout coast - guard MECHANICAL AND USEFUL ARTS . 27.
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... engravings of the Earl of Rosse's work- shop at Parsonstown ; the telescope of 27 feet focal length , now in use ; and the walls for the support of the leviathan telescope , will be found in No. 69 of the Illustrated London News . MOIRE ...
... engravings of the Earl of Rosse's work- shop at Parsonstown ; the telescope of 27 feet focal length , now in use ; and the walls for the support of the leviathan telescope , will be found in No. 69 of the Illustrated London News . MOIRE ...
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