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ERRATA. 



Vol. i., p. 46, line 9 from bottom, for "91,000" read "about 200." 



46, line 8 from bottom, for "910,000" read "about 2000." 

 46, line 6 from bottom, for "5 days 18 hours and 2 minutes,' 



read "1 hour 15 minutes." 

 67, line 17 from bottom, for "hydrometer" read "hygrometer.' 



9. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. CHAPTER I. 

 10. THK PLANETS, ARE THEY INHA- 

 BITED WORLDS? CHAPTEB IV. 



11. METEORIC STONES AND SHOOTING 



STARS. CHAPTER II. 



12. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. CHAPTEB II. 



13. LIGHT. 

 TITLE AND CONTEXTS TO VOLUME I. 



The fottmcmy subjects will foiin Early Numbers of the WorTc : 



