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THE POETRY OF SCIENCE; or, The Physical Phenomena of Nature. By ROBERT 

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CYCLOP/EDIA pF ANECDOTES OF LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. 



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CYCLOP/EDIA OF SCIENTIFIC ANECDOTES, containing a selectic a r 



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