THE 

 LONDON and EDINBURGH 



PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE 



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SIR DAVID BREWSTER, K.H. LL.D. F.R.S. L. & E. &c. 

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RICHARD PHILLIPS, F.R.S. L. & E. F.G.S. &c. 



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VOL. IV. 



NEW AND UNITED SERIES OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE 

 AND JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 



JANUARY-JUNE, 1834. 



LONDON. 



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