MANUALS OF NATURAL HISTORY. 

 BT PROFESSOR MACGILLIVRAY, 



MARISCHAL COLLEGE, ABERDEEN. 







1. A MANUAL OF GEOLOGY; with Recapitulatory 

 Questions on each Chapter, 44 Wood-cuts, and coloured Geological 

 Map of the British Islands. Second Edition, enlarged, fcap. 8vo. 4s 6d. 



" A better and more useful manual we never met with." The Age. 



" The arrangement is perspicuous and comprehensive; the treatment more simple and attrac- 

 tive than it is in the power of many to render ii."M<itit>ily Review. 



" The author has compressed into his Manual as much fact, and that too of a well-selected 

 and well-authenticated kind, .is we believe a book of the rize could powibly be made to 

 contain it fornn the very best companion which the young Geoiogiit can take with him in 

 his ramble*," Edinburgh Witness. 



2. A MANUAL OF BOTANY: comprising Vegetable Ana- 

 tomy and Physiology, or the Structure and Functions of Plants. With 

 an outline of the Linnaean and Natural Systems, and Recapitulatory 

 Questions on each Chapter, a Complete Glossary, Wood-cuts, and 

 214 engraved Figures, fcap. 8vo. price 4s. 6d. 



" An excellent and useful compilation for the young: botanist." Spectator. 



" We have no hesitation In pronouncing it the most useful hind-book of Botany extant." 



Scottish Standard. 



" We conscientiously recommend the present volume as the most accurate and the most useful 

 Introduction to "the Study of Botany yet published." Edinburgh Advertiser. 



3. A MANUAL OF BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY: being 

 a short description of the Birds of Greut Hritain and Ireland, in- 

 cluding the essential characters of the Species, Genera, Families, and 

 Orders. With an Introduction explanatory of the Structure and 

 Form of Birds, and other particulars requisite to compare the objects 

 with their descriptive characters; and 31 Wood-cuts. One thick 

 volume fcap. 8vo. price 7s. Also, sold separately : 



Part I., containing the LAND BIRDS, fcap 8vo., price 4s. 6d. 

 Part II., containing the WATER BIRDS, fcap. 8vo., price 4s. 6d. 



MANUALS OF CHEMISTRY & THE STEAM ENGINE : 



1. A MANUAL OF CHEMISTRY: with Recapitulatory 

 Questions on each Chapter, and a Glossary and Index. By RICHARD 

 D. HOBLYN, M. A., Author of " A Dictionary of Terms used in Me- 

 dicine." Fcap. 8vo., with 75 Wood-cuts, price 4s. 6d. 



2. A MANUAL OF THE STEAM ENGINE. By 

 RICHARD D. HOBLYN, M.A.. Oxon., Author of " A Manual of Che- 

 mistry," &c. Fcap. 8vo. with 4 engraved Plates and 85 Wood-cuts, 6s. 



CONTENTS: 1. Preliminary observations on Heat and Steam. 2. Early applica- 

 tions of Steam Power. 3. Watt's Single-acting Steam Engine. _ 4. Watt's 

 Double-acting Steam Engine 5. Applications of the Expansive force of Steam. 

 6 and 7. Of the several Parts of the Modern Steam Engine, considered sepa- 

 rately 8. Of the Mechanical Power of Steam, and of the Power and Duty of 



Engines. 9. Of Locomotive Engines on Kailways 10. Of Steam Navigation. 

 And Appendix : 1. On the Causes and Prevention of Slips or Falls of Karth 

 from the Slopes or Excavations on Railroads 2. Of Explosion of Steam 

 Boilers. 3. Electro-Magnetic Railway Train Controller. I. Of Rotary Engines. 



