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ENCYCLQP:EDIA METROPOLiTANA.
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THE BOOK of GE:STESIS, and MO-
SAICAL HISTORY of the CRKATION. VINDL-
CATED from'UNITARIAN MISREPRESENTATION;
a Letter to the Lord Bishop of St. David's, and in reply to
a recent Discourse of Mr. Thomas Bvistiam, " delivered at
War, ington, August 19, 182,, and published at the Request
of the Ministers and C,nngregation.Z" • ~ - • -
By JOHN GAItBETT, A.M.
Curate of St Bartholomew's, Birmingham. „ .

• Birmingham : Printed by .labet and Moore; sold by Ri
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On the Ist of Januaq,.! 82i,- will be published,
(To he continued .Moritbly)
9111 E-TECHNICAL REPOSITORY; con-
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connected with DISCOVERIES and IMPROVEMENTS in
the USEFUL ARTS.

By THOMAS GILL,
A Chairman of the Committee of Mechanics, in the Society
for the EncourageMent of Arts, Manufactures, and Com•
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propelling vessels through the water by the agency of Bra.
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original and valuable materials in many volumes of his Com-
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new and useful discoveries.
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