NICHOLSON'S ARCHITECTURAL DICTIONARY. 



On Thursday, J^^uary 1, 1824', will be published, 



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NICHOLSON'S ARCHITECTURAL DICTIONARY, AND 

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A SUPPLEMENT to the Comparative Estimate of the MOS AICAL 

 and MINERAL GEOLOGIES, relating chiefly to the Geological 

 Indications of the Phaenomena of the Cave at Kirkdale, and generally to 

 the Animal Deposits in the Limestone Caves of Germany and England. 

 By G. PENN, Esq. Author of the Comparative Estimate. 

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A SYSTEM of MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY, 

 By the late JOHN ROBISON, LL.D. 

 Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University, and Secretary to the 

 Royal Society, of Edinburgh, 



With Notes by DAVID BREWSTER, LLD. F.R.S. E. 

 A copious Article on the History and Operations of the Steam Engine 

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