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11294 [MAGNE de MABOLLES (G. F.)] La Chasse an Fusil ; contenant 1° des Recherches sur les^ 

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11295 MAILLAKD (Gen. Sebastian v. ; ^w^irian ^n/iy) Die MECHANiKderGEWOLBE . . . nebst 

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11296 Memoire sur la Theorie des Machines a Feu; with folding copperplate, 4to. (pp. 71)^ 



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11297 Theorie des Machines mues par la Force de la Vapeur de I'Eau: with 2 folding^ 



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11298 MAILLET (Benoit de) Telliamed : or Discourses between an Indian Philosopher and a- 

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11299 Reprint, 8vo. sewn, 10* Qd 



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113(>0 MAIN (Robert, pr., f.r.s. ; Radcliffe Observer) The Annual Address of the- 

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11301 On the Present State of our Knowledge of the Parallax of the Fixed Stars, 



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11302 [and Philip Thomas]) Practical and Spherical Astronomy, with dianrams, 8vo. 



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11305 MAIRAN (Jean Jacques Dortous de; f.r.s.) Dissertation sur la Glace, ou Explicatio» 

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11306 Nouvelle Edition, augraentee d'un Discours sur la Construction et la Comparaison 



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11307 Traite Physique et Historique de I'AURORE BoR^ALE, premiere edition ; with 15- 



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11309 MAISSIAT (Michel) Memoire sur quelques Changements faits d la Boussole et au Rap- 

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11310 MALLET (Allain Manesson) La Geometrie Pratique, divisee en 4 Livres, 1° Elements de- 

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