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Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846

"The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839)"

, have, among many others, been
developed in original communications and discussions, abounding in the
freshest facts, the most recent discoveries; and the latest
intelligence, which on indefatigable examination of the products of
Scientific Research, at home and abroad, has been able to furnish.
The Sciences of ASTRONOMY, CHEMISTRY, and GEOLOGY, are comprehensively,
but popularly, treated in a series of papers, forming regular and
complete Courses on those several Subjects.
THE STUDENT'S MANUAL OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY; comprising Descriptions,
Popular and Practical, of the most important Philosophical Instruments,
their History, Nature and Uses; with complete elucidations of the
Sciences to which they respectively appertain. Dedicated, by permission,
to the Lord Bishop of Salisbury. By CHARLES TOMLINSON. 10_s._ 6_d._
In this work certain prominent subjects have been selected with which it
behoves every one to be acquainted: such, for example, as relate to what
may be called our HOUSEHOLD INSTRUMENTS, namely, the Thermometer, the
Barometer, and Vernier; the Hydrometer, the Hygrometer; the Tuning-Fork,
Musical Glasses and Music generally; the Compass; the Prism, the
Telescope, and the Sun-Dial.


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