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DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONTISPIECE ILLUSTRATING 
CHEMISTRY. 
CHEMISTRY IS REPRESENTED BY A VENERABLE PHILOSOPHER SEATED NEAR A SAND- 
BATH FURNACE, IN THE ACT OF PERFORMING THE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, SURROUNDED 
BY VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS. BEHIND HIM STANDS A FEMALE CLOTHED IN A SAF¬ 
FRON-COLOURED VEST, WITH A CORONET UPON HER HEAD, AND A GLOBE IN HER 
RIGHT HAND, ATTENTIVELY OBSERVING A YOUNG MAN WHO IS BUSILY EMPLOYED 
IN MELTING A DIAMOND BY THE FORCE OF A LENS ACTED UPON BY THE RAYS OF 
THE SUN, 
No. 736. 
