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Transactions of Public Societies. 



Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Part I. 

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Astronomy and Navigation. 



A Moveable Planisphere ; exhibiting the face of the Heavens for 

 any given hour of the day throughout the year, as also the time of 

 rising and setting of the Stars ; designed to assist the young student 

 in acquiring a knowledge of the relative situations and names of 

 the Constellations. By Francis VVollaston, F.R.S. 12s. 



Elementary Illustrations of the Celestial Mechanics of La 

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The Young Navigator's Guide to the Sidereal and Planetary 

 parts of Nautical Astronomy ; being the Theory and Practice of 

 finding the Latitude, the Longitude, and the Variation of the Com- 

 pass by the fixed Stars and Planets; to which is prefixed the 

 description and use of the new Celestial Planisphere. By Thomas 

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The Planisphere sold separately, at 5s. each. 



Tables to be used with the Nautical Almanac, for the finding 

 the Latitude and Longitude at Sea ; with easy and accurate me- 

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 By the Rev. W. Lax, F.R.S., &c. 8vo. 21s. 



Botany. 



Flora Scotica, or a Description of Scottish Plants, arranged both 

 according to the artificial and natural methods. By ^Villiam 

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Chemistry. 



A Dictionary of Chemistry, on the basis of Mr. Nicholson's, 

 in which the principles of the science are investigated' anew, and 

 its applications to the phenomena of nature, medicine, mineralogy, 

 agriculture, and manufactures, detailed. By Andrew Urc, ]\LD., 

 &c. With an Introductory Dissertation, containing instructions 

 for converting the alphabetical arrangement into a systematic order 

 of study. 



A JNIanual of Chemistry, containing the principal facts of the 

 science, arranged in the order in which they are discussed and 

 illustrated in the Lectures at the Royal Institution. New Edition, 

 considerably enlarged and improved, with numerous Plates, 

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Geography. 



A Geographical and Commercial View of Northern Central 

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