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The " Revue Scientifique," of Paris, lias 

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The next number of the " International 

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 by Br. Sheldon Amos, author of " The 

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 the next great subject in the order of sci- 

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 therefore in the early stage of its develop- 

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 imperfectly elucidated, no treatise upon it 

 can have completeness, or the authority of 

 perfected elucidation. Nevertheless, the be- 

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 is known, both of the data of the inquiry 

 and the method to be employed, to give 

 great interest and value to a well-elaborated 

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