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Uniform with the STANDARD LIBRARY, price as. (excepting " Cosmos" which is only 3s. Qa BOHN'S SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY, 1. THE CHESS PLAYER'S HAND-BOOK. BY H. STAUNTON, ESQ. Ulu trated with Diagrams. 2. LECTURES ON PAINTING, BY THE ROYAL ACADEMICIANS. W\\ Portraits, and an Introductory Essay, and Notes by R. WOHNUM, Esq. 3 fc 4. HUMBOLDT'S COSMOS ;' OR, SKETCH OF A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTIO of the Universe. Translated by E. C. OTTE. In 2 Vols., with fine Portrait. Th new Edition (though published at so very low a price) is more complete than an which has preceded it. The Notes are much enlarged, and placed beneath tl text. Humboldt's analytical summaries, and the passages hitherto suppresses are included; and new and comprehensive Indices subjoined. 5. STAUNTON'S CHESS PLAYERS COMPANION, COMPRISING A NE\ Treatise on Odds, a Collection of Match Games, including that played with Mon St. Amant, and a Selection of Original Problems. 6. HAND-BOOK OF GAMES, BY VARIOUS AMATEURS AND PROFESSORS comprising new and complete treatises on all the principal Games of Chance, skii and manual dexterity. Illustrated by numerous Diagrams. 1. HUMBOLDT'S NEW WORK: VIEWS OF NATURE, OR CONTEMPLATION of the Sublime Phenomena of Creation. Translated by E. C. OTTE and II. G. Boiu With fine coloured view of Chimborazo, a facsimile letter from the author, transl tions of the Latin, Spanish, and French quotations, a very complete index, &c. Jk 8. HUMBOLDT'S COSMOS, VOL. 3. Also, price os., uniform v;ith the STANDARD LIBRARY, BOHN'S ANTIQUARIAN LIBRARY. 1. BEDE'S ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, &THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICL1 2. MALLETS NORTHERN ANTIQUITIES, BY BISHOP PERCY; WITH A Abstract of the Eyrbiggia Saga, by SIR WALTER SCOTT. New edition, revised at enlarged by J. A. BLACKWKLL. 3. WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY'S CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAN! 4. SIX OLD ENGLISH CHRONICLES, VIZ., ASSER'S LIFE OF ALFRED, AN the Chronicles of Ethelwerd, Gildas, Nennius, Geotfry of Monmouth, and Richa of Cirenccster. 6. ELLIS'S EARLY ENGLISH METRICAL ROMANCES, REVISED BY Oiicii Aiiu UALLIWKLL. Complete in one vol., with splendid Illuminated Front'tupim 6. CHRONICLES OF THE CRUSADERS; RICHARD OF DEVIZES. GEOFFRE de Vinsauf, Lord de Joinville. Complete iu one volume, with a splendid Jllun, nated Frontispiece. 7. EARLY TRAVELS IN PALESTINE, WILLIBALD, S/EWULF, BENJAMIN C Tudela, Mandeville, La Brocquiere, and Maundrell. In one volume. With Mn 8. BRAND'S POPULAR ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AN Ireland, by SIR HKNRY ELLIS. Vol. I. 9 ROGER OF WENDOVER'S FLOWERS OF HISTORY (FORMERLY ASCRIBE to Matthew Paris.) Vol. I. 10. BRAND'S POPULAR ANTIQUITIES. VOL. 2. 11. ROGER OF WENDOVER'S FLOWERS OF HISTORY. VOL 2. 12. BRANDS POPULAR ANTIQUITIES. VOL. 3. 13. KEIGHTLEY'S FAIRY MYTHOLOGY. NEW EDITION, ENLARGED BY TH Author. One Vol. Frontispiece by George Cruikshank. Also, uniform with the STANDARD LIBRARY, price bs., BOHN'S ECCLESIASTICAL LIBRARY. 1. EUSEBIUS' ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, CAREFULLY TRANSLATED FROI the Greek, with illustrative Notes. /t'7^'7^'7^/X'^
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COSMOS, VOL. II by ALEXANDER VON HU
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World Public Library The World Publ
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BONN'S STANDARD LIBRARY, _ >. SHERI
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COSMOS: A SKETCH OP A PHYSICAL DESC
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CONTENTS OF VOL. II. PART I. INCITE
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CONTENTS. Vli Page The vast sphere
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CONTENTS. IX Page Polarization and
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[_xii] COSMOS. application of the t
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[_xiv] COSMOS. logy and descriptive
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[xvi] COSMOS. tosthenes of Gyrene.
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[xviii] COSMOS. than the Arabs, and
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[XX] COSMOS. Copernicus never advan
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370 COSMOS. INCITEMENTS TO THE STUD
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372 COSMOS. desire to visit the lan
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374 COSMOS. action, riveted their a
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376 COSMOS. the stillness of night,
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378 COSMOS. and fatal passion. Euri
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380 COSMOS. wooded valley of Tempe,
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S82 COSMOS. That which we miss in t
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384 cosmos. that account lose any o
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386 COSMOS. been transmitted to us
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388 COSMOS. tanian Gaul, the poet h
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390 COSMOS. nature amongst the Roma
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392 COSMOS. was adopted as the reli
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394 COSMOS. the other, all access i
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896 COSMOS. earlier ages of their n
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398 COSMOS. selves over the inhospi
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400 COSMOS. in which the giant mons
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402 COSMOS. be gifted with voice, f
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404 COSMOS. schools constitute one
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406 COSMOS. Indians, and the marked
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408 COSM08- poetry have perished. I
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410 COSMOS. and even to attempt a n
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412 COSMOS. presents the nations of
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414 COSMOS. generalisation in the c
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416 COSMOS. desert go to Constantin
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418 COSMOS. "When the glory of the
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420 COSMOS. When classical literatu
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422 COSMOS. quately appreciated by
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424 COSMOS. nature ; thus it is sup
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426 COSMOS. and the strait where He
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428 COSMOS*. devoid of animation, b
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430 COSMOS. treats chiefly of event
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432 COSMOS. versed in physical inve
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434 COSMOS, ind Les Voyages a V Ori
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436 COSMOS. seamen individualise th
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438 COSMOS. left unemployed, by whi
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440 COSMOS. LANDSCAPE PAINTING IN I
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442 COSMOS. of the master-works of
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444 COSMOS. between Nero and Titus,
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446 . COSMOS. artists at this epoch
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448 COSMOS. oranges and laurels, wi
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450 COSMOS. These studies he himsel
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452 COSMOS. and how all the spirite
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454 COSMOS. only with the simpler f
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456 COSMOS. the greatest contractio
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458 COSMOS. CULTIVATION OF TROPICAL
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460 COSMOS. ting effect of the ligh
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462 COSMOS. guard.* The ancient ado
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464 COSMOS. so deeply rooted amongs
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466 COSMOS. HISTORY OF THE PHYSICAL
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468 COSMOS. often guides almost imp
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470 COSMOS. speedily established. W
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472 COSMOS. most nearly the languag
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474 COSMOS. ledge of the connection
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476 COSMOS. Babylon, Nineveh, Kashm
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478 COSMOS. The history of the civi
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480 COSMOS. PRINCIPAL MOMENTA THAT
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482 COSMOS. the southern or Libyan
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484 COSMOS. into the peninsula of A
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486 COSMOS. account of the most rec
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488 COSMOS. expressly says, that Se
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490 COSMOS. and powerfully develope
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492 COSMOS. The share taken by the
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494 COSMOS. ./Estii on the Baltic,
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496 COSMOS. In accordance with the
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493 COSMOS. purariae. The strong oc
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500 COSMOS. constructed at the Red
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502 COSMOS. Dvipa Sukhatara), culti
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504 COSMOS. thought worthy of espec
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506 COSMOS. Euphrates and the Indus
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508 COSMOS. and by their furtheranc
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510 COSMOS. aids and rough instrume
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512 COSMOS repeated fable of the gi
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514 COSMOS. existence has so often
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516 COSMOS. At Phasis, the navigato
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518 COSMOS. of mankind as far as it
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520 COSMOS. vast tracts of land tha
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522 COSMOS. colonial institutions o
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524 COSMOS. Besides the knowledge o
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526 COSMOS. The great work on anima
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528 COSMOS. the Macedonian campaign
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530 . COSMOS. familiar with a court
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532 COSMOS. The enlargement of the
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534 COSMOS. go furthel- back than t
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536 COSMOS EXTENSION OF THE CONTEMP
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538 COSMOS. a Roman province, Egypt
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540 COSMOS. which was connected wit
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542 COSMOS. epoch of the Ptolemies,
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544 COSMOS. from west to east in th
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546 COSMOS. by the acquisition of n
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548 COSMOS. the Euphrates, and the
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550 COSMOS. The enjoyment of a long
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552 COSMOS. became extinguished wit
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554 COSMOS. Thus there arose connec
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556 COSMOS. geography. He remarks,
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558 COSMOS. oscillations of the ear
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560 COSMOS. ledge of the complete i
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562 COSMOS. in the Catoptrica of Ar
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564 COSMOS. whole of antiquity noth
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566 COSMOS. influence exercised by
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568 COSMOS. Such unnatural impedime
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570 COSMOS ceased to be associated
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572 COSMOS, tions imparted a peculi
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574 COSMOS, tvellia thurifera of Co
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576 COSMOS supposed by the philolog
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578 COSMOS. the country people stil
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580 COSMOS. distilled mercury from
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582 COSMOS. in the short space of s
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584 COSMOS. the amount of knowledge
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5S6 COSMOS. all the adherents of Is
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588 COSMOS. area over which the pec
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590 COSMOS. advances of chemistry,
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592 COSMOS. Although the purity and
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594 COSMOS. medical knowledge of th
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596 COSMOS. algebra of the Arabs or
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598 COSMOS. problem, concerning whi
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600 COSMOS. more abstruse departmen
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602 COSMOS. was as yet unaided by t
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604 COSMOS. peopled from Iceland a
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606 COSMOS. Certain accounts of the
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608 COSMOS. inhabitants of the isla
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610 COSMOS. That this first discove
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612 COSMOS. the opposite coast, Hel
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614 COSMOS. And yet it was of this
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616 COSMOS. Augustine to Alcuiii, J
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618 COSMOS. Albertus Magnus, of the
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620 COSMOS. tlie Almagest. As lie,
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622 COSMOS. tion assumed by this st
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624 COSMOS. Two centuries before th
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626 COSMOS. of Marco Polo's narrati
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G28 COSMOS. the middle ages, have b
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630 COSMOS. mariner and a successfu
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632 COSMOS The influence exercised
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634 COSMOS. landed on the eastern c
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636 COSMOS. 1493 and 1494, " bring
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638 COSMOS. would appear from Las C
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640 COSMOS. and the variations in t
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642 COSMOS. passage to Catliai (Chi
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644 COSMOS. nourishment of the grea
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646 COSMOS. for Castille, and two y
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648 COSMOS. ascertain its fate* 1 .
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650 COSMOS. sical and ethnological
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652 COSMOS. two thousand years earl
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654 COSMOS, heavenly bodies, in the
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656 COSMOS. oceanic enterprises con
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658 COSMOS. were continually beset
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660 COSMOS. in the atmosphere, and
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662 COSMOS. currents which traverse
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364 COSMOS. The important era of ge
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666 COSMOS. Nubecula major may be a
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668 COSMOS. plied, and as Christian
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670 COSMOS. ous with the extension
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672 COSMOS. like unto a prophetic v
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674 COSMOS. stance of its appearing
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676 COSMOS. closely bears upon the
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, were < 678 COSMOS. and the improv
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680 COSMOS. feelings of those natio
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682 COSMOS. age of astronomy and ma
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684 COSMOS. Waisselrode of Allen, b
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686 COSMOS. the ideal links which c
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688 COSMOS. ignorant of all mathema
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690 COSMOS. the mathematical knowle
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692 COSMOS. quainted with the views
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694 COSMOS. fixed in a central poin
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696 COSMOS. tion of the apparent re
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698 COSMOS. of the world now appear
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700 COSMOS. Laprey in the important
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702 COSMOS. he first directed towar
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704 COSMOS. The knowledge of Jupite
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706 COSMOS. 1610, Galileo informed
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Page 409 and 410: Oxygen and its properties, first no
Page 411 and 412: of mountains in early Italian lands
Page 413: L Yemen, its natural products, 573
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