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H A R D Wl K E'S 



SCIENCE GOSSIP: 



An Illustrated Medium, of Interchange and Gossip 

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Edited by J. E. TAYLOR, Ph.D., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. 



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14 Volumes are now published^ in clotk^ prue ^s. each 



Vol. XV. commenced January, 1879. 



Among the subjects included in its pages will be found: 

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