BOOKS PUBLISHED BY ADAM SCOTT, 



(Late Scott fy Webster,) 

 CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE, LONDON. 



1. MANUAL OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY: 



With Recapitulatory Questions on each Chapter, and a Dictionary of Philosophical 

 Terms. By J. L. COMSTOCK, M.D., and RICHARD D. HOBLYN, A.M., Oxon., 

 Author of " A Dictionary of Terms used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences." 

 Second Edition, foolscap Svo. Steel-plate, and 281 Wood-cuts, 6s. cloth, or 6s. 6d. 

 strongly bound. 



%* This work comprises, 1. The Properties of Bodies ; 2. Heat ; 3. Mechanics ; 

 4. Hydrostatics; 5. Hydraulics; 6. Pneumatics and Steam Engine; 7. Acoustics 

 and Music ; 8. Optics ; 9. Astronomy ; 10. Electricity and Galvanism ; 11. Mag- 

 netism and Electro-Magnetism. 



" We can heartily recommend this work as being as good an introduction to ma- 

 thematical sciences as an unmathematical treatise can be." Gentleman's Magazine. 



2. MANUAL OF CHEMISTRY: 



With Recapitulatory Questions on each Chapter, and a Glossary and Index. By 

 RICHARD D. HOBLYN, M. A. Foolscap 8vo. with 75 Wood cuts, price 4s. 6d. 



" The beginner cannot do better than make himself master of this Jittle volume. 

 It may be described as a concise but comprehensive introductory treatise." Atlas. 



" This manual is entitled to general praise for the grasp of its subject, the distinct- 

 ness of its arrangement, the fulness of its matter, and the clearness of its style." 

 Spectator. 



3. MANUAL OF THE STEAM ENGINE: 



With Recapitulatory Questions on each Chapter, and Index. By R. D. HOBLYN, 

 M.A. Foolscap Svo., with 4 engraved Plates and 85 Wood-cuts, 6s. 



" A work, for cheapness and compactness, extensive range of subject, and compe- 

 tent illustration, we can safely recommend to our readers as the best of the day." 

 Railway Magazine. 



4. MANUAL OF GEOLOGY: 



With Recapitulatory Questions on each Chapter, 44 Wood-cuts, and coloured Geo- 

 logical Map of the British Islands. By PROFESSOR MACGILLIVRAY, LL.D., 

 Marischal College, Aberdeen. Second edition, enlarged, foolscap 8vo., 4s. 6d. 



"The Author has compressed into his Manual as much fact, and that too of a well- 

 selected and well-authenticated kind, as we believe a book of the size could possibly 

 be made to contain it forms the very best companion which the young geologist can 

 take with him in his rambles." Edinburgh Witness. 



5. MANUAL OF BOTANY: 



Comprising Vegetable Anatomy and Physiology, or the Structure and Functions of 

 Plants. With an Outline of the Linnsean and Natural Systems, Recapitulatory 

 Questions on each Chapter, and a complete Glossary. By PROFESSOR MACGIL- 

 LIVRAY, LL.D. Wood-cuts, 214 engraved Figures, foolscap 8vo., price 4s. 6d. 



" We conscientiously recommend the present volume as the most accurate and the 

 most useful Introduction to the Study of Botany yet published." Edinb. Advertiser. 



6. MANUAL OF BRITISH BIRDS: 



Including the essential characters of the Orders, Families, Genera, and Species ; with 

 an Introduction to the Study of Ornithology. By PROFESSOR MACGILLIVR4Y, 

 LL.D. Second Edition, with an Appendix of recently observed Species, and Indices 

 of Latin and English Names. One thick volume, with 31 Wood-cuts, price 7s. 



" This may very safely be recommended as an excellent Ornithological Guide and 

 Manual ; we do not know a better, perhaps none so full, nor containing, as this does, 

 so many recently observed species." Gentleman's Magazine, Sept. 1846. 



Part I. LAND BIRDS, foolscap Svo. price 4s. 6d. 



Part II. WATER BIRDS, and Appendix, foolscap Svo. price 4s. 6d. 



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