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The Orbs Around Us; a Series of Familiar Essays on the Moon and Planets, Meteors and Comets, the Sun and Coloured Pairs of Suns.

By R. A. Proctor, B.A. Second Edition, with Chart and 4 Diagrams. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Other Worlds than Ours; The Plurality of Worlds Studied under the Light of Recent Scientific Researches.

By R. A. Proctor, B.A. Third Edition, with 14 Illustrations. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

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Brinkley's Astronomy. Revised and partly re-written, with Additional Chapters, and an Appendix of Questions for Examination. By John W. Stubbs, D.D. and F. Brunnow, Ph.D. With 49 Diagrams. Crown 8vo. 6s.

Outlines of Astronomy. By Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Bart. M.A.

Latest Edition, with Plates and Diagrams. Square crown 8vo. 12s.

Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes.

By T. W. Webb, M.A.

F.R.A.S.

New Edition, with Map of the Moon and

Woodcuts. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

'By universal consent of observers in this country, Mr. WEBB'S Celestial Objects has taken the place of a standard text-book. With a book so well known and so highly appreciated, we have little more to do than to mention the appearance of a new edition, which we know has been wanted for some time, and which those who survey the glories of the heavens will be anxious to obtain.' The STUDENT.

A New Star Atlas, for the Library, the School, and the Observatory, in 12 Circular Maps (with 2 Index Plates).

By R. A. Proctor, B.A.
Crown 8vo. 5s.

LargerStar Atlas, for the Library, in Twelve Circular Maps, photolithographed by A. Brothers, F.R.A.S. With 2 Index Plates and a Letterpress Introduction.

By R. A. Proctor, BA.

Second Edition. Small folio, 25s.

The Moon, and the Con- Dove's Law of Storms,

dition and Configurations of its Surface.

By Edmund Neison, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society &c.

Illustrated by Maps and Plates.
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considered in connexion with the ordinary Movements of the Atmosphere.

Translated by R. H. Scott, M.A.

8vo. 10s. 6d.

Air and Rain; the Be- | Nautical Surveying, an

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Professor Helmholtz' Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects.

Translated by E. Atkinson,
F.C.S.

With many Illustrative Wood Engravings. 8vo. 12s. 6d.

Ganot's Natural Philosophy for General Readers and Young Persons; a Course of Physics divested of Mathematical Formula and expressed in the language of daily life.

Translated by E. Atkinson,
F.C.S.

Second Edition, with 2 Plates and 429
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The Correlation of Physical Forces.

By the Hon. Sir W. R.

Grove, F.R.S. &c.

Sixth Edition, with other Contributions to Science. 8vo. 15s.

Weinhold's Introduction to Experimental Physics, Theoretical and Practical; including Directions for Constructing Physical Apparatus and for Making Experiments.

Translated by B. Loewy,
F.R.A.S. With a Pre-
face by G. C. Foster,
F.R.S.

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Principles of Animal

Mechanics.

By the Rev. S. Haughton, F.R.S.

Second Edition. 8vo. 21s.

Fragments of Science.
By John Tyndall, F.R.S.

New Edition, crown 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Heat a Mode of Motion. By John Tyndall, F.R.S. Fifth Edition, Plate and Woodcuts. Crown 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Sound.

By John Tyndall, F.R.S. Third Edition, including Recent Researches on Fog-Signalling; Portrait and Woodcuts. Crown 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Researches on Diamagnetism and Magne-Crystallic Action; including Diamagnetic Polarity.

By John Tyndall, F.R.S.

With 6 Plates and many Woodcuts. 8vo. 14s.

Contributions to Molecular Physics in the domain of Radiant Heat.

By John Tyndall, F.R.S.

With 2 Plates and 31 Woodcuts. 8vo. 16s.

Six Lectures on Light,

delivered in America in 1872 and 1873.

By John Tyndall, F.R.S.

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Notes of a Course of Seven Lectures on Electrical Phenomena and Theories, delivered at the Royal Institution.

By John Tyndall, F.R.S.

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A Treatise on Magnetism, General and Terrestrial.

By H. Lloyd, D.D. D.C.L.

8vo. price 10s. 6d.

Elementary Treatise on the Wave-Theory of Light. By H. Lloyd, D.D. D.Č.L.

Third Edition. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

The Comparative Ana-
tomy and Physiology of the
Vertebrate Animals.
By Richard Owen, F.R.S.
With 1,472 Woodcuts. 3 vols. 8vo. £3. 135.6d.

Sir H. Holland's Frag-
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and other subjects.
Edited by the Rev. 7. Hol
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8vo. price 14s.

Kirby and Spence's Introduction to Entomology, or Elements of the Natural History of Insects.

Crown 8vo. 5s.

sure Hours; Familiar Essays on Scientific Subjects, Natural Phenomena, &c. By R. A. Proctor, B.A.

First and Second Series. 2 vols. crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. each.

Homes without Hands; a Description of the Habitations of Animals, classed according to their Principle of Construction.

By Rev. 7. G. Wood, M.A. With about 140 Vignettes on Wood. 8vo. 14s.

Strange Dwellings; a De

scription of the Habitations of Animals, abridged from Homes without Hands.' By Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A. With Frontispiece and 60 Woodcuts. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Insects at Home; a Popular Account of British Insects, their Structure Habits, and Transformations.

By Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A. With upwards of 700 Woodcuts. 8vo. 21s.

Insects Abroad; being a

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Out of Doors; a Selec- | Game Preservers and

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By Dr. G. Hartwig. With Chromoxylographs, Maps, and Woodcuts. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

The Sea and its Living Wonders.

By Dr. G. Hartwig.
Fourth Edition, enlarged. 8vo. with many
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The Tropical World.
By Dr. G. Hartwig.

With about 200 Illustrations. 8vo. 10s. 6d.
The Subterranean World.

By Dr. G. Hartwig. With Maps and Woodcuts. 8vo. 10s. 6d. The Aerial World; a Popular Account of the Phenomena and Life of the Atmosphere.

By Dr. George Hartwig. With Map, 8 Chromoxylographs, and 60 Woodcuts. 8vo. price 21S.

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Bird Preservers, or Which are our Friends?'

By George Francis Morant, late Captain 12th Royal Lancers & Major Cape Mounted Riflemen.

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Excavations at the Kesslerloch near Thayngen, Switzerland, a Cave of the Reindeer Period.

By Conrad Merk. Translated by John Edward Lee, F.S.A. F.G.S. Author of Isca Silurum' &c.

With Sixteen Plates. Royal 8vo. 7s. 6d.

The Origin of Civilisa

tion, and the Primitive
Condition of Man; Men-
tal and Social Condition of
Savages.

By Sir F. Lubbock, Bart.
M.P. F.R.S.

Third Edition, with 25 Woodcuts. 8vo. 18s.

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