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5496 WOODWARD (John, m.d., f.r.s.) Essay towards a Natural History of the Earth: and 

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5497 Third Edition [enlarged], 8vo. old calf gilt, I2s 1723 



' still celebrated ... It appeals from it that he recognised the existence of various strata in the earth's crust, and 

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5498 The Natural History of the Earth, illustrated, inlarged, and defended, now first made 



English by Benj. Holloway, pr., f.r.s., to which are added, the Physical Proofs of the 

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 Organical Bodyes, Vegetables, and Animals, particularly Man ; with several other Papers, on 

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a reply to a criticism of the ' Essay' by Dr. E. Camerarius of Tiibingen. 



5499 WOOLDBIDGE (Leonard Charles, m.d.) bn the Chemistry of the Blood, and other 

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5500 WOOLHOUSE (Wesley S. B., f.r.a.s.) On Eclipses, with map and diagrams, 8vo. sewn, 

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5501 Elementary Treatise on the Application of the Algebraic Analysis to Geometry, 



diagrams, roy. 8vo. cl., Is Qd 1831 



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5502 Reprint, 8vo. sewn, 4.9 1845 



5503 The Elements of the Differential Calculus, fcap. Svo. cl.. Is M 1852 



550J- Interpolation, Summation, and the Adjustment of Numerical Tables, 8vo. cl. 



{scarce), 5s 1865 



5505 [WORCESTER (Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of)] A Century of the Names and 

 Scantlings of such INVENTIONS, as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected, which 

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 of Thomas Henry Lister {author of ' Granby \ 1800-42), £3. 3* 



Printed by J. Grismond in the year 1663 



5506 The Century of Inventions, from the Original MS., with historical and explanatory 



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This celebrated worlv con.sists of short accounts or outlines of ideas of one hundred inventions claimed by the author. 

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6507 : Dircks (Henry, c.e.) The Life, Times, and Scientific Labours of the Second 



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1865 



5508 Another Copy, hf. calf gilt, Qs 



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5509 WORMS (Henry, f.r.a.s.) The Earth and its Mechanism : the various Proofs of the Earth's 

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 numerous woodcuts and diagrams, 8vo. cl., Is 6d 1862 



Giving interesting and full accounts of the experiments on falling bodies made by Guglielmini, Benzenberg, and 

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 the theoretical part ' contains the solution of intricate problems of analytical mechanics.' — Preface. 



5510 WRAY (Lt.-Gen. Henry, r.e.) Some Applications of Theory to the Practice of Con- 

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Chatham., 1872 



5511 New Edition, with 33 folding j^latcs, and numerous woodcuts, roy. 8vo. hf calf, Qs Qd 1880 



5512 WRAY (Leonard) The Practical Sugar Planter: a complete Account of the Cultivation 

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 (scarce), I5s 1848 



Claiming to be the first large treatise on the subject from a practical point of view. 



5513 WRIGHT (Edward) Short Treatise of Dialling : shewing, the Making of all sorts of 

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 calculation, with woodcuts and numerous diagrams, sm. 4to. sewn {blank corner of title missing) ; 

 VERY RARE; with contemporary auto, of Anthonie Garnett, £1. 10s 



John Bealefor William IVelby, 1614 

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5514 WRIGHT (Thomas Wallace) Text-Book of Mechanics, with numerous Examples, illus- 

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5515 Treatise on the Adjustment of Observations, with Applications to Geodetic Work, 



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