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R. Wagtter and W. Crookes 



HANDBOOK OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY. By 

 RUDOLF WAGNER, Ph.D., Professor of Chemical Technology at the 

 University of Wurtzburg. Translated and Edited from the Eighth German 

 Edition, with Extensive Additions, by WILLIAM CROOKES, F.R.S. 



[8vo, 255 



% * The design of this work is to show the application of the science of chemistry to 

 the various manufactures and industries. The subjects are treated of in eight divisions, 

 as follows : I. Chemical Metallurgy, Alloys, and Preparations made and obtained from 

 Metals. 2. Crude Materials and Products of Chemical Industry. 3. Glass, Ceramic 

 Ware, Gypsum, Lime, Mortar. 4. Vegetable Fibres. 5. Animal Substances. 6. Dye- 

 ing and Calico Printing. 7. Artificial Light. 8. Fuel and Heating Apparatus. 



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" Full and exact in its information on 

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for the excellence of his translation, but 

 also for the original matter he has added. " 

 American Journal of Science and Arts. 



J. Forbes Royle and f. W. Headland 



A MANUAL OF MATERIA MEDICA. By J. FORBES 

 ROYLE, M.D., F.R.S., and F. W. HEADLAND, M.D., F.L.S. Fifth Edition, 

 with Engravings on Wood Fcap 8vo, 125. 6d. 



%* This edition has beea remodelled throughout on the basis of the present edition of 

 the British Pharmacopoeia. The medicines of the British Pharmacopoeia will be found 

 arranged in natural order, the preparations described at length, and the formulae 

 explained. Other medicines and preparations, mentioned only in the London Pharma- 

 copoeia of 1851, are separately described and included in brackets. All remedies of 

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' ' This Manual is, to our minds, unrivalled 

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and completeness of information." British 

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Adolphe Wahltuch 



A DICTIONARY OF MATERIA MEDICA AND THERA- 

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* ,* The purpose of this work is to give a tabular arrangement of all drugs specified in 

 the British Pharmacopoeia of 1867. Every table is divided into six parts : (l) The 

 Name and Synonyms ; (2) Character and Properties or Composition ; (3) Physiological 

 Effects and Therapeutics ; (4) Form and Doses ; (5) Preparations ; (6) Prescriptions. 

 Other matter elucidatory of the Pharmacopoeia is added to the work. 



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