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SCIENCE. 



THE importance of Science as an element of sound educa- 

 tion is now generally acknowledged ; and accordingly it 

 is obtaining a prominent place in the ordinary course of 

 school instruction. It is the intention of the Publishers to 

 produce a complete series of Scientific Manuals, affording 

 full and accurate elementary information, conveyed in clear 

 and lucid English. The authors are well known as among 

 the foremost men of their several departments ; and their 

 names form a ready guarantee for the high character of the 

 books. Subjoined is a list of those manuals that have 

 already appeared, with a short account of each. Others 

 are in active preparation ; and the whole will constitute a 

 standard series specially adapted to the requirements of be- 

 ginners, whether for private study or for school instruction. 



ASTRONOMY, by the Astronomer Royal. 



POPULAR ASTRONOMY. With Illustrations. By G. B. 

 AIRY, Astronomer Royal. Sixth and cheaper Edition. i8mo. 

 cloth. 4f. 6d. 



This work consists of six lectures, which are intended " to explain (u 

 intelligent persons the principles on wliich the instruments oj an Observa- 

 tory are constructed (omitting all details, so far as they are merely stil>- 

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