Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest: Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1827 - 207 páginas |
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... coloured light ; but this phenomenon is very distinct from that of the Thaumatrope , and is to be explained upon very different principles . " # " I know exactly to what you allude , ” said the major ; " and I do not doubt but that many ...
... coloured light ; but this phenomenon is very distinct from that of the Thaumatrope , and is to be explained upon very different principles . " # " I know exactly to what you allude , ” said the major ; " and I do not doubt but that many ...
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... coloured , while the latter is valued for the purity of its whiteness . We are desirous of communicating to the reader the etymology of these terms , which we have only lately dis- covered ; the taw is an abbreviation for tawny , a word ...
... coloured , while the latter is valued for the purity of its whiteness . We are desirous of communicating to the reader the etymology of these terms , which we have only lately dis- covered ; the taw is an abbreviation for tawny , a word ...
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... coloured En- gravings , and 50 Vignettes , from the Au- thor's original Drawings . 4to . Vol . II . ( which concludes the Work ) 41. 14s . 6d . Bds . Also , Vol . I. 41. 14s . 6d . TRAVELS in GEORGIA , PERSIA , ARMENIA , ANCIENT BABY ...
... coloured En- gravings , and 50 Vignettes , from the Au- thor's original Drawings . 4to . Vol . II . ( which concludes the Work ) 41. 14s . 6d . Bds . Also , Vol . I. 41. 14s . 6d . TRAVELS in GEORGIA , PERSIA , ARMENIA , ANCIENT BABY ...
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... Coloured . 8s . 6d . in Sheets ; 10s . 6d . folded in Bds . and 12s . on Canvas and Roller , or in a Case . Also , A BRIEF SUMMARY of ANCIENT HISTORY , as a Companion . 3s . half - bound . The HISTORY of the REIGN of GEORGE the THIRD ...
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... coloured , 17. 8s . Compendium Flora Britan- nicæ . 4th Edit . corrected . 7s . 6d . Bds . A TREATISE on the CUL- TURE and MANAGEMENT of FRUIT TREES , in which a new Method of Pruning and Training is fully described . Published by Order ...
... coloured , 17. 8s . Compendium Flora Britan- nicæ . 4th Edit . corrected . 7s . 6d . Bds . A TREATISE on the CUL- TURE and MANAGEMENT of FRUIT TREES , in which a new Method of Pruning and Training is fully described . Published by Order ...
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