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should be attached in the same way to the chain, which was 

 driven by stationary engines five or six stadia apart; and so, 

 indeed, it proved. We picked up one or two market-woracn, a 

 young artist or two, and a little boy. "When the child got in, 

 tliere was a nod and smile on people's faces. My next neighbor 

 said to me, nAijpe?, as if with an air of relief; and, sure enough, 

 in a minute more we were flying along at a 2.20 pace, with 

 neither mule nor engine in sight, stopping about once a mile to 

 drop passengers, if there was need, and evidently approaching 

 Sybaris."— (Syiarts and other homes, pp. 32, 33.) 



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Adara, Lucien. Du genre dans les diverges langues. Paris, 

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Bertrand, O. Guide des trois musees du Jardin des plantes. 

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Cardot, J. Muscin^es du departeraent de la Meuse, catalogue 

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Gierke, D. The theory of the gas engine. N.T., 1883. 

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Dorlhac, J., et Amiot. Geologic des bassins houillers de 

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Dubois, A. Histoire naturelle vulgaris^e ; ornithologie popu- 

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La science populaire. Dans les hois, notions populaires 



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Du Moncel, Theodore. Elcctro-raagnets ; the determination 

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Fabre, J. H. Nouveaux souvenirs entomologiques : Etudes 

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Fennel, Otto. Die 'Wagner-Fennerschea tachyraeter der 

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Foex, Gustave, et Viala, Pierre. Arapdlographie amiri- 

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Gilder, William H. Ice-pack and tundra; an account of the 

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Harrington, M. W. Report on the raortu.ary experience 

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Houghton Farm experiment department. Agricultural 

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In memory of William Barton Rogers, late president of the 

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Iowa weather service annual, 1883. Iowa City, Central Sta- 

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Jeffries, Benjamin Joy. Color-hlindnees ; its dangers and 

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Kleinenberg, N". Carlo Darwin e I'opera sua. Messina, 

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Langlebert, J. Applications moderncs de I'electricite; 

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Lyman, Benjamin Smith. On the utility of the Pennsylv.ania 

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Natura. Maandschrift voor Natuurwetenschappen. Jaarg. 

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Penn. — Second geological survey. Report of the board of 

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"Woelmont, A. de. Souvenir du Far- West. Paris, Plony 

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"Williams, W. Matthieu. Discussions in current science. 

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