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POPULAR LECTURES
SCIENCE AND ART
DELIVERED ~ rHE

81 DIoNisIvs LARrNkR.
Doctor Of Civil Law. Fellow Of the Royal Societies Of
London and Edinburgh. Member CT the Universities
of Cambridge and Dublin. and formerly Profes-
sor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy
In the University OF London, SC &c
TIE WHOLE Now COMPLETE IN vcis svo
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| GsELLEY MeELR,rHi Ntw-YosS, Oct 20. lst9
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eoad wish that hey found IN evsry school Library
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leenled small communication But hey should be found
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