AN ILLUSTRATED 



MAGAZINE OF SCIENCE 



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PLAINCf \yORDED -EXACTL^DESCRIM 



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CONDUCTED BY RICHARD A. PROCTOR. 



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"Let Knowledge grow from more to more." — Tennyson. 



YOLUME VIII. 

 JULY TO OCTOBER, 1885. 



LONDON: 

 WYMAN & SONS, 74-76, GREAT QUEEN STREET, 



LINCOLN S-INN FIELDS, W.C. 

 1885. 



