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THE MICROSCOPE 



A Popular Description of some of the most Beautiful and Instructive 

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"With Directions for the Arrangement of the Instruments and the Collection 

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By the Hon. Mrs. WAKD. 



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THE TELESCOPE 



A FAMILIAE SKETCH 



Combining a Special Notice of Objects coming within the Range 

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With a Detail of the most Interesting Discoveries which have been made 



with the assistance of powerful Telescopes, concerning the Phenomena 



of the Heavenly Bodies. 



By the Hon. Mes. WARD. 



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