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Geology of New York. Parts 1-4.
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1842
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Valuable Secrets Concerning Arts and Trades: or, Approved Directions, from the best Artists...
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1795
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Collection of Facts and Documents Relative to the Project of a Bridge from South Street in Boston to Dorchester Neck, and the Annexation of that Peninsula to the Town of Boston.
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1805
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Valuable Secrets in Arts, Trades, &c. Selected from the Best Authors and Adapted to the Situation of the United States.
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1816
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Davis & Kidder's Patent Magneto Electric Machine for Nervous Diseases. Patented Aug. 1, 1854. Manufactured and Sold by W.H. Burnap, New York. 10" x 4.5" x 4.5". Cherry with brass fittings, crank and electrodes. Complete.
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1854
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Enterprise Petroleum and Coal Mining Company. [Caption title].
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1865
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List of Patterns of Gears, Pulleys, Etc., Belonging to the Lawrence Machine Shop, Lawrence, Mass.
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1856
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Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Tax receipt for a Two Wheeled Vehicle. January 31, 1815. No. 1540. Signature of Levi Thaxter, Collector for the Tenth District. Sheet 6.5" x 7.5." Printed and holograph, ink. Browned, edges uneven. Very good.
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1815
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Geology Notes/Text from Mid-19th Century England. Sm. folio. Contemp. cloth backed marbled boards (boards worn), very sound. 175 pp. Hand drawn illustrations. Ink, with pencil corrections. 14 pp. section upside down, and 2 pages in German. A few cut outs.
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1860
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ABBOT, JOS. HALE.
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An Attempt to Determine by Experimental Research the True Theory of the Pneumatic Paradox...
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1840
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ADAMS, C.B.
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First-Second-Third Annual Report of the Geology of the State of Vermont.
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1845
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ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY.
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An Oration Delivered Before the Cincinnati Astronomical Society, on the Occasion of the Laying the Corner Stone of an Astronomical Observatory, on the 10th of November, 1843.
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1843
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AGASSIZ, LOUIS.
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On Extraordinary Fishes from California, Constituting a New Family.
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1853
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AGASSIZ, LOUIS.
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Memoires de la Soociete des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchatel. Premier Volume, in-Quarto, Avec Planches. Prospectus. [Caption title]. Large 4to. broadsheet.
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1835
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ALLEN, ZACHARIAH.
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The Science of Mechanics, as Applied to the Present Improvements in the Useful Arts.
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1829
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ANDREW, WILLIAM.
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Constitution of Nature. Theories Intended to Unfold Nature and Her Operations.
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1863
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ANDREWS, STEPHEN PEA
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The Basic Outline of Universology. An Introduction to the Newly Discovered Science of the Universe; Its Elementary Principles; and the First Stages of Their Development in the Special Sciences. Together with Preliminary Notices of Alwato, the Newly Discovered Scientific Universal Language, Resulting from the Principles of Universology.
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1872
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ANON.
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Manual of the Practical Naturalist; or Directions for Collecting, Preparing, and Preserving Subjects of Natural History. Containing instructions and recipes according to the most approved methods for taking and stuffing Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles. Selecting, preserving, and arranging Insects, Minerals, Plants, Shells, &c. &c.
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1831
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ANON.
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Valuable Secrets in Arts, Trades, &c. Selected from the Best Authors. And Adapted to the Situation of the United States.
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1816
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ANON.
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Valuable Secrets, Concerning Arts and Trades, or, Approved Directions from the best Artists...with an Appendix, Containing Valuable Selections, in Addition to, and never before published in this Work.
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1798
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ANON.
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The Young Engineer. A Memoir of Frank Russell Firth, with a Sketch of the Life of Otis Everett Allen, and an Introduction by Rev. Edward Everett Hale.
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1874
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BACHE, A.D.
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Safety Apparatus for Steam Boilers. With an account of the Experiments Made Upon It, by the Committee on Explosions of the Franklin Institute. [Wrapper title].
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1832
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BALDWIN, LOAMMI.
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Sewall's Falls Locks and Canal. Col. Loammi Baldwin's Report: Embracing His Survey and Estimates of the Water Power and Manufacturing Privileges Owned by...on the East Side of Merrimack River, Concord, N.H....
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1839
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BANCROFT, EDWARD.
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Experimental Researches Concerning the Philosophy of Permanent Colours; and the Best Means of Producing Them, by Dyeing, Calico Printing, &c. Vol. I-II.
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1814
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BARRINGER, D.M.
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A Description of Minerals of Commercial Value. A Practical Reference-book for the Miner, Prospector, and Business Man...
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1897
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BEMAN, DAVID.
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The Mysteries of Trade, or the Great Sources of Wealth: Containing Receipts and Patents in Chemistry and Manufacturing; with Practical Observations on the Useful Arts.
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1825
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BOOTH, MARY L.
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New and Complete Clock and Watchmakers' Manual....With an Appendix Containing a History of Clock and Watchmaking in America.
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1863
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BOWDITCH, NATHANIEL
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Memoir of Nathaniel Bowditch. Originally Prefixed to the Fourth Volume of the Mecanique Celeste. Second Edition.
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1840
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BOYLE, ROBERT.
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Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects....
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1665
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BREWSTER, DAVID Edit
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The Edinburgh Encyclopedia...the First American Edition...in Eighteen Volumes. [Plus Plate volume].
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1832
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BREWSTER, DAVID.
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Plates Illustrative of Ferguson's Astronomy; and of the Twelve Supplementary Chapters.
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1817
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BUCHANAN, JOS. RODES
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Periodicity the Absolute Law of the Entire Universe...
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1897
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BULL, MARCUS.
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A Defence of the Experiments to Determine the Comparative Value of the Principal Varieties of Fuel Used in the United States, and also in Europe....
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1828
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CALIFORNIA ACADEMY O
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Circular.
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1853
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CASS, LEWIS.
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Address...before the Association of the Alumni of Hamilton College...
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1830
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CAVALLO, TIBERIUS.
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The Elements of Natural or Experimental Philosophy. First American Edition, with Additional Notes, Selected from Various Authors, by F.X. Brosius. In Two Volumes.
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1813
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CHACE, GEORGE IDE 18
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Lectures on Geology by Prof. George I. Chace, Brown University, Providence, RI. Ca. 1864. 145 pp. 8vo. Lined notebook with contemp. paper board cover, front cover detached. Hand written ink & pencil. Includes a few scraps of notes on German language.
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1864
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CHAPMAN, L.L.
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Chapman's Principia; or, Nature's First Principles. Theory of Universal Electro-Magnetism, Simplified....Exposing the Numerous Discrepancies of the Popular (Erroneously so called) Newtonian Theory of Gravitation Alone Without Repulsion....Vol. I. [all]. Second Edition--Revised by the Author.
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1855
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CHAPTAL, M.I.A.
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Elements of Chemistry...Translated from the French. Second American Edition. Three Volumes in One.
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1801
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CHAUNCEY, CHARLES, J
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An Oration, Delivered Before the Society of Phi B K; at Their Anniversary meeting, in...New Haven, on the Evening Preceding Commencement...1797.
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1797
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CLARK, EDWARD.
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Description of a Plan for Navigating the Rapids in Rivers, with an Account of Some Experiments, Instituted to Establish Its Practicability.
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1823
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COLES, BENJAMIN.
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A Memoir on the Subject of the Wheat and Flour of the State of New-York....
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1820
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CUSHING, SAMUEL B.
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Report of Samuel B. Cushing, Esq., Civil Engineer, Respecting the Harbor of Van Buren, on Lake Erie, in the County of Chautauque, and State of New York. Made July, 1836...with a chart of that harbor, and also a chart of the harbor of Dunkirk...
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1836
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CUTBUSH, JAMES.
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The American Artist's Manual, or Dictionary of Practical Knowledge in the Application of Philosophy to the Arts and Manufactures...
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1814
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DANA, SAMUEL L.
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Manures: a Prize Essay.
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1844
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DAVY, HUMPHRY.
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Consolations in Travel, or the Last Days of a Philosopher. With a Sketch of the Author's Life, and Notes, by Jacob Green, M.D.
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1830
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DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY.
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Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, in a Course of Lectures for the Board of Agriculture. Second Edition.
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1814
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DIGEON, L.
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Avertisseur Universel. Brevete S.G.D.G. en France et a L'Etranger.
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1888
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DILWORTH, THOMAS.
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The Schoolmaster's Assistant: Being a Complete System of Practical Arithmetic....To which is added, a Compendious System of Practical Gauging...Second Edition. By Robert Patterson.
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1805
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DOLBEAR, PROF. A.E.
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The Telephone: an Account of the Phenomena of Electricity, Magnetism, and Sound, as Involved in Its Action. With Directions for Making a Speaking Telephone.
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1877
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DUTTON, LIEUT. CLARE
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The Chemistry of the Bessemer Process. Read Before the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at Troy, N.Y., August 20, 1870.
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1870
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ENFIELD, WILLIAM.
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Institutes of Natural Philosophy, Theoretical and Practical. First American from the Second London Edition, with Some Corrections; Change in the Order of the Branches; and the Addition of an Appendix to the Astronomical Part, Selected from Mr. Ewing's Practical Astronomy. By Samuel Webber...the Introduction to the First Principles of Chemistry, Being Made an Appendix.
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1802
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ENGLEMAN, ROY A.
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Engelman's Autocraft. Being an Instructive Study of the Automobile; Its Care and Management; How to Drive; Locating Troubles and Repairing Them; With Chapters Exploiting Some of the Latest Devices Used in Automobile Construction.
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1915
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EVANS, OLIVER.
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A Trip made by a small man in a wrestle with a very great man. Answer to the Baltimore Miller's Memorial, and Thomas Jefferson's Letter. [Caption title]. [In] The Weekly Register. Second Addenda to Volume V.
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1814
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EWELL, THOMAS.
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Plain Discourses on the Laws or Properties of Matter: Containing the Elements or Principles of Modern Chemistry...
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1806
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FARMER, MOSES G.
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Report of the Committee On Investigating the Failure of the Lightning Conductor on the House of Dr. Farrington, Salem, Mass., August, 1858. [Caption title].
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1858
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FESSENDEN, THOMAS GR
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The Register of Arts, or a Compendious View of Some of the Most Useful Modern Discoveries and Inventions.
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1808
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FISKE, JOHN.
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Tobacco and Alcohol. I. It Does Pay to Smoke. II. The Coming Man Will Drink Wine.
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1869
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FORRY, SAMUEL.
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The Climate of the United States and Its Endemic Influences. Based Chiefly on the Records of the Medical Department and Adjutant General's Office, United States Army.
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1842
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FRANCIS, JAMES B.
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Fall of the Pemberton Mill. From the Journal of the Franklin Institute. [Bastard title]
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1860
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FRANCIS, JAMES B.
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Lowell Hydraulic Experiments. Being a Selection from Experiments on Hydraulic Motors, on the Flow of Water Over Weirs, in Open Canals...Made at Lowell, Massachusetts. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, with Many New Experiments, and Illustrated with Twenty-Three Copper-Plate Engravings.
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1868
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FREESE, JOHN.
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Brooklyn, New York Machinist & Toolmaker for BIcycles and Sewing Machines Accounts. 1893-1905. Two Folio lined ledger books, worn & soiled externally. Ca. 125 pp. are used, but some with little text. Ink.
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1893
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FULTON, ROBERT.
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Recherches Sur les Moyens de Perfectionner les Canaux de Navigation, et sur les Nombreux Avantages de Petits Canaux....
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1799
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GENET, E.C. "Citizen
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ALS, 1 p., 4to., 11 lines in all, in ink, Prospect Hill, [Rensselaer County, New York,] April 18, 1808, recipient not identified.
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1808
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GESNER, ABRAHAM.
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A Practical Treatise on Coal, Petroleum, and Other Distilled Oils. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. By Dr. George Weltden Gesner.
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1865
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GIBBS, J. WILLARD.
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"On the Determination of Elliptic Orbits from Three Observations" [in] Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol. IV. Part 2.
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1889
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GILLESPIE, W.M.
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A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-Making: Comprising the Location, Construction, and Improvement of Roads, (Common, Macadam, Paved, Plank, etc.) and Rail-roads.
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1847
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GILLET, ETIENNE.
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Ice Machines and Anhydrous Sulphurous Acid, System--"Raoul Pictet," Patented. For the Manufacturing of Artificial Ice, Making Ice Floors for Skating Rinks, Cooling the Temperature of Cellars, etc., of Brewers, Soap and Candle Factories, Making Ice for Steamers, Hotels, Hospitals...
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1876
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GRAHAM, J.D.
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Messages from the Governors of Maryland and Pennsylvania, Transmitting the Reports of the Joint Commissioners, and of Lieut. Col. Graham...in relation to the Intersection of the Boundary Lines of the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware, being a Portion of Mason and Dixon's Line. With a Map. Second Edition.
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1862
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GRAY, ASA.
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Elements of Botany.
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1836
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GRISCOM, JOHN.
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A Discourse, on the Importance of Character and Education, in the United States,...Introductory to a Course of Lectures, on Experimental Philosophy and Chemistry.
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1823
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HALL, JAMES.
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Report of the Committee Appointed by the Citizens of Cincinnati, April 26, 1838, to Enquire into the Causes of the Explosion of the Moselle, and to Suggest Such Preventive Measures as may be best Calculated to Guard Hereafter Against Such Occurrences.
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1838
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HANAFORD, W.G.
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Lectures on Chemistry, with Familiar Directions for Performing Experiments with a Small Apparatus...
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1831
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HARDIE, JAMES.
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The History of the Tread-Mill, Containing an Account of Its Origin, Construction, Operation, Effects As It Respects the Health and Morals of the Convicts, with Their Treatment and Diet; Also, a General View of the Penitentiary System, with Alterations Necessary to be Introduced into Our Criminal Code, for Its Improvement.
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1824
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HARE, ROBERT.
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On Electricity. [Drop title.]
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1826
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HARE, ROBERT.
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Essays Chemical, Electrical, & Galvanic.
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1825
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HASSLER, F.R.
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Documents Relating to the Construction of Uniform Standards of Weights and Measures for the United States, from 1832 to 1835.
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1836
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HELSHAM, RICHARD.
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A Course of Lectures in Natural Philosophy...published by Bryan Robinson, M.D. The Seventh Edition, with Considerable Additions.
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1802
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HILL, IRA.
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An Abstract of a New Theory of the Formation of the Earth.
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1823
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HITCHCOCK, EDWARD.
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Illustrations of Surface Geology.
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1857
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HITCHCOCK, EDWARD.
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Elementary Geology.
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1840
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HITCHCOCK, EDWARD.
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Religious Lectures on Peculiar Phenomena in the Four Seasons...
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1850
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HORSFORD, E.N.
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Service Pipes for Water: an Investigation Made at the Suggestion of the Board of Consulting Physicians of Boston.
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1849
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JOHNSON, WALTER R.
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A Report to the Navy Department of the United States, on American Coals Applicable to Steam Navigation, and to Other Purposes.
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1844
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KENT, EDWARD N.
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"Record of Events Commencing with the Study of Chemistry, at 23 Years of Age. By Edward N. Kent, Born at Portland, Maine, January 27th, 1819." Runs from Oct. 5, 1842 to July 28, 1845. In ink, very legible, with a few text drawings of chemical apparatus. Ledger sheep, damaged at lower spine, with burn mark affecting a very few words on early leaves.
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1842
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KIRKWOOD, JAMES P.
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Collection of Reports, (Condensed), and Opinions of Chemists in Regard to the Use of Lead Pipe for Service Pipe, in the Distribution of Water for the Supply of Cities.
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1859
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KNECHT, EDMUND & JAM
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The Principles and Practice of Textile Printing. With 13 Plates, many Patterns, and 84 Illustrations in the Text. Second Edition revised throughout by James Best Fothergill.
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1924
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LEA, ISAAC.
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Contributions to Geology.
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1833
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LEA, ISAAC.
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Description of a New Mollusk from the Red Sandstone, Near Pottsville, Pa....
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1855
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LIVINGSTON, ROBERT R
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Essay on Sheep: Their Varieties...Raising a Flock in the United States...Sheep and Woollen Manufactures. Second edition, much enlarged, and illustrated by engravings.
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1810
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LOCKE, JOHN
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Observations On the Terrestrial Magnetism of Several Parts of the United States....
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1846
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LYELL, CHARLES.
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ALS, 1 p. 4to., in ink, dated at New Haven, [Ct.], Dec. 7, 1841. To an unknown recipient.
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1841
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M'PHERSON, ISAAC.
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Memorial to Congress of Sundry Citizens of the United States, Praying Relief from the Oppressive Operation of Oliver Evans' Patent; Vesting in him an exclusive right to certain Machinery, now in general use, in the Manufacture of Flour; with evidence to show that the said Evans was neither the Original Inventor nor first Applier of said Machinery, and consequently not entitled to the reward due to an actual Inventor under the Patent Laws of the United States.
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1813
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MACLAREN, CHARLES.
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On the Existence of Glaciers and Icebergs in Scotland at an Ancient Epoch. [Caption title.]
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1846
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MANSFIELD, JARED.
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Essays, Mathematical and Physical: Containing New Theories and Illustrations of Some Very Difficult Subjects of the Sciences. Never Before Published.
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1801
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MARSH, O. C.
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Dinocerata: A Monograph of an Extinct Order of Gigantic Animals.
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1884
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MARSH, O. C.
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Dinocerata: A Monograph of an Extinct Order of Gigantic Animals.
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1884
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MARTINET, DR. JOHANN
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The Catechism of Nature, for the Use of Children.
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1820
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MATHER, DR. WILLIAM.
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Chemical Lectures. A Lecture, introductory to a course...[Caption title & partial text]. Broadside, 9" x 12".
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1845
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MATHER, WM. W.
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Elements of Geology, for the Use of Schools.
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1833
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MAURY, M.F.
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The Physical Geography of the Sea.
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1855
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MAURY, M.F.
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The Physical Geography of the Sea.
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1855
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MAWE, J.
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Wodrach's Introduction to the Study of Conchology, Describing the Orders, Genera, and Species of Shells...Second edition, Revised and considerably Enlarged.
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1832
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MEEK, F.B. & F.V. HA
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Explorations Under the War Department. Descriptions of New Species and Genera of Fossils, Collected by Dr. F.V. Hayden in Nebraska Territory...
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1857
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METCALFE, SAMUEL L.
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A New Theory of Terrestrial Magnetism.
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1833
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METCALFE, SAMUEL L.
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A New Theory of Terrestrial Magnetism.
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1833
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MILLER, JOHN Jun. Ch
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Report of the Committee for the Introduction of Wholesome Water into the City of Philadelphia.
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1801
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MINOT, H.D.
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The Land-Birds and Game-Birds of New England with Descriptions of the Birds, Their Nests and Eggs, Their Habits and Notes. With Illustrations.
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1877
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MOORE, J.G.
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Patent Office and Patent Laws: or, a Guide to Inventors and a Book of Reference for Judges, Lawyers, Magistrates and Others. With Appendices.
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1855
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MORFIT, CAMPBELL
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The Arts of Tanning, Currying, and Leather-Dressing...
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1852
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MORRIS, EDMUND.
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Derrick and Drill, Or an Insight Into the Discovery, Development, and Present Condition and Future Prospects of Petroleum, in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, &c.....
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1865
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MORRISON, CHAS. E.
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Highway Engineering.
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1908
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MUSICK, THOMAS H.
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A Brief on the Doctrine of the Conservation of Forces. Published by the Author.
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1878
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NEW YORK COOPERS SOC
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Engraved Membership Certificate for the New York Coopers Society, filled in and signed, for 1825-26. 10" x 12" with seal. Browned.
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1825
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NOTT, J.C. & GEORGE
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Indigenous Races of the Earth; or, New Chapters of Ethnological Enquiry...
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1857
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OLMSTED, DENISON.
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Outlines of Lectures on Meteorology, Delivered at Yale College. For the Use of the Students.
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1837
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OWEN, DAVID DALE.
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Report of a Geological Reconnoisance of the State of Indiana; Made in the Year 1837...
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1839
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OWEN, DAVID DALE.
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Report of a Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota; And Incidentially of a Portion of Nebraska Territory. [and] Illustrations to the Geological Report of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota.
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1852
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PECK, WILLIAM DANDRI
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Natural History of the Slug Worm.
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1799
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PECK, WILLIAM DANDRI
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Natural History of the Slug Worm.
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1799
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POE, EDGAR A.
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The Conchologist's First Book: or, a System of Testaceous Malacology...with Illustrations of two hundred and fiffteen shells...
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1839
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POINSETT, JOEL R.
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Discourse on the Objects and Importance of the National Institution for the Promotion of Science...Delivered at the First Anniversary.
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1841
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POPE, THOMAS.
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A Treatise on Bridge Architecture; in which the Superior Advantages of the Flying Pedent Lever Bridge are Fully Proved. With an Historical Account and Description of Different Bridges Erected in Various Parts of the World, from an Early Period, Down to the Present Time.
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1811
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PORTER, GEORGE R.
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A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement, and Present State of the Manufacture of Porcelain and Glass.
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1837
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PORTER, RUFUS.
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A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts, and Interesting Experiments ...
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1826
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PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH.
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The History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments....
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1767
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RAFINESQUE, CONSTANT
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The Complete Writings...on Recent & Fossil Conchology. Edited by Wm. G. Binney, and George W. Tryon, Jr.
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1864
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RAUCH, JOHN.
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John Rauch's Receipts on Dyeing, in a series of Letters to a Friend. Containing correct and exact copies of all his best receipts on dyeing cotton & woolen goods, obtained and improved by him, during twelve years practice at different manufactories, in Switzerland, France, Germany & America. Also, a True Description of His Invented Substitute for Woad, Being a Cheap and Preferable Material, and the Produce of This Country.
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1815
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REID, THOMAS.
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Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, Theoretical and Practical.
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1832
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REID, THOMAS.
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Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, Theoretical and Practical.
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1832
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RENWICK, JAMES.
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Directing experiments to be made to ascertain the length of the Pendulum, vibrating sixty times in a minute. [Caption title.] 4to broadside. [with] Joint resolution directing experiments to be made to ascertain the length of a pendulum vibrating sixty times in a minute. [Caption title.] 4to broadside.
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1826
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RHODE ISLAND COAL CO
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An Act to Incorporate the Rhode Island Coal Company, February, 1809.
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1809
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RUSH, JAMES.
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The Philosophy of the Human Voice: Embracing Its Physiological History; Together with a System of Principles...to which is added a Brief Analysis of Song and Recitative.
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1833
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SHEPARD, LORENZO B.
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The Dignity of Mechanical Labor. A Lecture Delivered Before the Mechanics' Institute, of the City of New-York, March 11, 1852.
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1852
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SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN.
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Manual on the Cultivation of the Sugar Cane, and the Fabrication and Refinement of Sugar. Prepared Under the Direction of the Hon. Secretary of the Treasury, in Compliance with a Resolution of the House of Representatives of Jan. 25, 1830.
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1833
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SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN.
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Elements of Chemistry, in the Order of the Lectures Given in Yale College. In Two Volumes.
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1830
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SIMMS, FREDERICK W.
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A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Levelling, Showing Its Application to Purposes of Civil Engineering Particularly in the Construction of Roads, with Mr. Teleford's Rules for the Same; with an Appendix, containing a Description of Mr. Macneill's Dynamometer, or Instrument for Ascertaining the Comparative Merit of Roads, and the State of Repair They are Kept...To which have been added Tables for Calculating Earth-Work, and Notes by J.H. Alexander...with [Four] Plates and Wood Cuts.
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1837
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SLOANE, T. O'CONOR.
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Electric Toy Making for Amateurs. Including Batteries, Magnets, Motors, Miscellaneous Toys and Dynamo Construction. Illustrated.
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1899
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SMILES, SAMUEL.
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Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the Original Soho Mss. Comprising also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Steam Engine.
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1865
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SMITH, JOHN AUGUSTIN
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The Mutation of the Earth; or an Outline of the More Remarkable Physical Changes, of Which, in the Progress of Time, This Earth Has Been the Subject, and Theatre: Including an Examination into the Scientific Errors of the Author of The Vestiges of Creation. Being the Anniversary Discourse for 1846, Delivered...Before the Lyceum of Natural History of New York...
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1846
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SMITH, OLIVER.
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Outlines of Nature.
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1847
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SMITH, SAMUEL S.
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An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species. To which are added, Animadversions on Certain Remarks made on the first edition...the second edition, enlarged and improved.
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1810
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SMYTH, HENRY DeWOLF.
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A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes under the Auspices of the United States Government 1940-1945.
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1945
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STEEL, JOHN H.
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An Analysis of the Mineral Waters of Saratoga and Ballston, with practical remarks on their use in various diseases. Containing Observations on the Geology and Mineralogy of the surrounding country, with a Geological Map. Second edition, enlarged and improved.
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1825
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STEUART, HENRY.
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The Planter's Guide; or, a Practical Essay on the Best Method of Giving Immediate Effect to Wood, by the Removal of Large Trees and Underwood...
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1832
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STEVENS, C.A.
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The Stevens Flux, for Smelting God, Silver, Copper, & Iron Ores, for Purifying Iron, Making the Finest Quality of Steel, and Welding Steel, Steel and Iron.
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1868
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STRONG, HENRY K
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1842
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SULLIVANT, WILLIAM S
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The Musci and Hepaticae of the United States East of the Mississippi River. Contributed to the Second Edition of Gray's Manual of Botany...with Eight Copper-plates, Illustrating the Genera.
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1856
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TAYLOR, FREDERICK WI
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The Principles of Scientific Management.
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1911
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TAYLOR, FREDERICK WI
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The Principles of Scientific Management.
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1911
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THACKRAH, C. TURNER.
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The Effects of the Principal Arts, Trades, & Professions, and of Civic States and Habits of Living, on Health and Longevity...
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1831
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THOMPSON, JOSEPH P.
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Man in Genesis and in Geology: Or, the Biblical Account of Man's Creation, Tested by Scientific Theories of His Origin and Antiquity.
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1870
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TREADWELL, DANIEL.
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Report Made to the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Boston, on the Subject of Supplying the Inhabitants of that City with Water.
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1825
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TRIMBLE, ISAAC P.
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A Treatise on the Insect Enemies of Fruit and Fruit Trees. With Numerous Illustrations drawn from Nature, by Hochstein, under the immediate supervision of the Author.
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1865
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TUCKER, WILLIAM.
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The Family Dyer and Scourer: Being a Complete Treatise on the Arts of Dyeing and Cleaning Every Article of Dress, Bed and Window Furniture, Silks, Bonnets, Feathers, &c. Whether Made of Flax, Silk, Cotton, Wool, or Hair; also Carpets, Counterpanes, and Hearth-Rugs. Ensuring a Saving of Eighty Per-cent. Second edition, revised and corrected.
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1831
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TURNER, JUN., R.
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An Abridgment of the Arts and Sciences: Being a short, but comprehensive system of useful and polite learning...
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1806
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VAN DYKE, RICHARD.
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No Deception. Self-Moving Machine by the Application of a Natural Cause. [Caption title]. [Followed by 17 lines of text]. Broadside, 11.5" x 9".
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1829
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VAN RENSSELAER, JER.
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Lectures on Geology; Being Outlines of the Science, Delivered in the New-York Athenaeum...1825.
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1825
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VELIKOVSKY, IMMANUEL
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Worlds in Collision.
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1950
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WAINWRIGHT, WILLIAM
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Radical-Mechanics of Animal Locomotion. With Remarks on the Setting-up of Soldiers, Horse and Foot, and on the Supplying of Cavalry Horses
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1880
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WALKER, CHARLES V.
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Electrotype Manipulation: Part I. Being the Theory, and Plain Instructions in the Art of Working in Metals...Through the Agency of Galvanic or Voltaic Electricity, Illus. by Wood Cuts. [and] Electrotype Manipulation: Part II...Electro-Plating, Electro-Gilding, and Electro Etching...
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1844
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WARD, J.H.
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Steam for the Million. A Popular Treatise on Steam, and Its Application to the Useful Arts, Especially to Navigation...A New and Revised Edition.
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1860
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WELLS, WILLIAM CHARL
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An Essay on Dew, and Several Appearances Connected With It. The Second Edition.
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1815
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WHITE, GEORGE S.
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Memoir of Samuel Slater, the Father of American Manufactures. Connected with a History of the Rise and Progress of the Cotton Manufacture in England and America. With Remarks on the Moral Influence of Manufactories in the United States. Illustrated by Thirty Engravings.
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1836
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WHITE, HENRY.
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Geology, Oil Fields, and Minerals, of Canada West: How and Where To Find Them. With a New Theory for the Production and Probable Future Supply of Petroleum. Accompanied by Illustrated Geological Maps of Canada West and of the Oil Regions...
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1865
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WOODRUFF, JAMES O.
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Final Announcement of the Woodruff Scientific Expedition Around the World. Starting October, 1877, and Returning October 1879. Giving Plan of Organization, Management, Faculty, Financial Details, Routes...and Other Information Necessary to a Full Understanding of This Enterprise.
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1877
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WRIGHT, R.W.
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Life Its True Genesis.
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1880
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