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... Wood . 10. STOCKHARDT'S PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY , Exemplified in Simple Expe- riments , with upwards of 270 Illustrations . 11. DR . G. A. MANTELL'S PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS ; A Hand - Book to the Fossils in the British Museum ...
... Wood . 10. STOCKHARDT'S PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY , Exemplified in Simple Expe- riments , with upwards of 270 Illustrations . 11. DR . G. A. MANTELL'S PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS ; A Hand - Book to the Fossils in the British Museum ...
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... Wood and Steel , 2 Vols . 29. COMTE'S PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES , Edited from the Cours de Philosophie Positive , ' by G. H. LEWES , Esq . 30. MANTELL'S ( DR . ) GEOLOGICAL EXCURSIONS , including THE ISLE OF WIGHT . New Edition , with ...
... Wood and Steel , 2 Vols . 29. COMTE'S PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES , Edited from the Cours de Philosophie Positive , ' by G. H. LEWES , Esq . 30. MANTELL'S ( DR . ) GEOLOGICAL EXCURSIONS , including THE ISLE OF WIGHT . New Edition , with ...
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... wood in a stove , or oil in a lamp , disappears when burnt ; and that animal and vegetable substances in time become putrid , disorganized , and finally , in like manner , disappear . Iron scales and rust are altered iron : iron itself ...
... wood in a stove , or oil in a lamp , disappears when burnt ; and that animal and vegetable substances in time become putrid , disorganized , and finally , in like manner , disappear . Iron scales and rust are altered iron : iron itself ...
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... wood , sugar , starch , & c . , are not black , and yet half of each of these substances consists of car- bon , as is readily shown by subjecting them to heat , which drives off in the form of vapour their oxygen and hydrogen , leaving ...
... wood , sugar , starch , & c . , are not black , and yet half of each of these substances consists of car- bon , as is readily shown by subjecting them to heat , which drives off in the form of vapour their oxygen and hydrogen , leaving ...
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