THE 
PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE 
AND JOURNAL: 
COMPREHENDING 
THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF SCIENCE, 
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BY: BRACHARD: TAYEO fi, BLAS, 
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LOGICAL SOCIETY; AND OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY 
OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 
“Nec aranearum sane textus ideo melior quia ex se fila gignunt, nec noster 
vilior quia ex alienis libamus ut apes.”” Just. Lips. Monit. Polit. lib. i. cap. 1. 
VOL. LXVII. 
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1826. 
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