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Roscoe and Schorlemmer.-A TREATISE ON CHE-
MISTRY. With numerous Illustrations. By PROFESSORS
ROSCOE and
SCHORLEMMER. Vols. I. and II. Inorganic

Chemistry.

Vol. I., The Non-metallic Elements. 8vo. 21S

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Metals. 8vo. 18s.

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Rumford (Count).-THE LIFE AND COMPLETE WORKS
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Schorlemmer.-A MANUAL OF THE CHEMISTRY OF THECARBON COMPOUNDS OR ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. By C. SCHORLEMMER, F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry in the Victoria University, the Owens College, Manchester. 8vo. 145. "It appears to us to be as complete a manual of the metamorphoses of carbon as could be at present produced, and it must prove eminently useful to the chemical student."-Athenæum.

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CONTENTS. Symbols used in Charts and Surveying-The Construction and Use of Scales-Laying off Angles-Fixing Positions by Angles-Charts and Chart-Drawing-Instruments and Observing-Base Lines-Triangulation—Levelling-Tides and Tidal Observations-Soundings-Chronometers—Meridian Distances-Method of Plotting a Survey-Miscellaneons Exercises-Index.

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and Civilization.

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