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Cunningham, A., Woodall, H. J., and Creak, T. G. 
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Drumaux, P. L’Evidence de la théorie d’Einstein, | 
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Ferguson, D. F., and Piggott, H. E. Areas and. 
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Fleury, H. Exposé élémentaire de la théorie d’Ein- 
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Gibbs, R. W. M. Constructive Arithmetical Exer- 
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+44. (London, Glasgow and Bombay: Blackie and 
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Gordon, J. W. Generalised Linear Perspective : | 
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Knopp, K. Theorie und Anwendung der unendlichen», 
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Krichewsky,S. A Method of Curve Fitting. (Ministry 
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Pompignan, A. de. 
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Earliest Arithmetics in English. (Published for the 
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(London : Oxford University Press, 1923.) 15s. net. 
Study, E. Mathematik und Physik : eine erkenntnis- 
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65.) Demy 8vo. Pp. 31. (Braunschweig: F. Vieweg 
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Note sur le calcul tensoriel.’ 
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Chorlton, A. E. L. 
Feap. 8vo. (Paris: A. Colin, 1923.) 
Working Practice in the Design 
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Delaveuve,R. Notes sur les courroies de transmission. 
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Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 
Manchester Association of Engineers : Report of . the 
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Dinwoodie, W. Wave Power Transmission. Roy. 
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