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C 



SCIENTIFIC RECREATIONS 



IN 



NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, ASTRONOMY, 

 GEOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, 



ETC., ETC., ETC. 



Translated and Enlarged from " Les Recreations Scientifiqucs " 



OF 



GASTON TISSANDIER. 



{Editor of " I.a Natu>t - .") 



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