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This day was published,
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ADICTIONARY of CHEMISTRY, on the' Basis
of Mr. Nicholson's, in which the'Principles of the Science
:reinvestigated anew, and its applications to the Phenomena of
Nature, Medicine, Mineralogy, Agriculture, and Manufactures
downed. By ANDREW URE, M.D.
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