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WORKS BY JOHN TYNDALL,

D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S.

Fragments of Science: a Series of Detached Essays, Addresses and Reviews. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. 168.

VOL. I. :-The Constitution of Nature-Radiation-On Radiant Heat in relation to the Colour and Chemical Constitution of Bodies-New Chemical Reactions produced by Light -On Dust and Disease-Voyage to Algeria to observe the Eclipse-Niagara-The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy-Alpine Sculpture-Recent Experiments on Fog-Signals-On the Study of Physics-On Crystalline and Slaty Cleavage-On Paramagnetic and Diamagnetic Forces -Physical Basis of Solar Chemistry-Elementary Magnetism-On Force-Contributions to Molecular Physics-Life and Letters of FARADAY-The Copley Medalist of 1870-The Copley Medalist of 1871-Death by Lightning.-Science and the Spirits.

VOL. II. :-Reflections on Prayer and Natural Law-Miracles and Special ProvidencesOn Prayer as a Form of Physical Energy-Vitality-Matter and Force-Scientific Materialism-An Address to Students-Scientific Use of the Imagination-The Belfast AddressApology for the Belfast Address-The Rev. JAMES MARTINEAU and the Belfast AddressFermentation, and its Bearings on Surgery and Medicine-Spontaneous GenerationScience and Man-Professor VIRCHOW and Evolution-The Electric Light.

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CONTENTS:-The Sabbath-Goethe's 'Farbenlehre-Atoms, Molecules and Ether Waves -Count Rumford-Louis Pasteur, his Life and Labours-The Rainbow and its CongenersAddress delivered at the Birkbeck Institution on 22nd October, 1884-Thomas Young-Life in the Alps-About Common Water-Personal Recollections of Thomas Carlyle-On Unveiling the Statue of Thomas Carlyle-On the Origin, Propagation and Prevention of Phthisis Old Alpine Jottings-A Morning on Alp Lusgen.

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The Testing of Materials of Construction. Embracing the Description of Testing Machinery and Apparatus Auxiliary to Mechanical Testing, and an Account of the most Important Researches on the Strength of Materials. With 141 Woodcuts and 5 folding-out Plates. 8vo. 21s.

On the Development and Transmission of Power from Central Stations being the Howard Lectures delivered at the Society of Arts in 1893. With 81 Diagrams. 8vo. 10s. net. WARREN—Engineering Construction in Iron, Steel, and Timber. By WILLIAM HENRY WARREN, Whitworth Scholar; Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, London; Challis Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Sydney. With 13 Folding Plates and 375 Diagrams. Royal 8vo.

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MITCHELL-A Manual of Practical Assaying. By JOHN MITCHELL, F.C.S. Revised, with the Recent Discoveries incorporated. By W. CROOKES, F.R.S. With 201 Illustrations. 8vo. 31s. 6d.

RHEAD-Metallurgy. An Elementary Text-Book. By E. C. RHEAD, Lecturer on Metallurgy at the Municipal Technical School, Manchester. With 94 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

RUTLEY The Study of Rocks; an Elementary Text-Book of Petrology. By F. RUTLEY, F.G.S. With 6 Plates and 88 Woodcuts. Fcp. 8vo. 48. 6d.

VON COTTA-Rocks Classified and Described: A Treatise on Lithology. By BERNHARD VON COTTA. With English, German, and French Synonyms. Translated by PHILIP HENRY LAWRENCE, F.G.S., F.R.G.S. Crown 8vo. 148.

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MACHINE DRAWING AND DESIGN.

LOW and BEVIS-A Manual of Machine Drawing and Design. By DAVID ALLAN Low (Whitworth Scholar), M.I. Mech. E., Headmaster of the Technical School, People's Palace, London; and ALFRED WILLIAM BEVIS (Whitworth Scholar), M.I. Mech. E., Director of Manual Training to the Birmingham School Board. With over 700 Illustrations. 8vo. 78. 6d.

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ABBOTT Elementary Theory of the Tides: the Fundamental Theorems Demonstrated without Mathematics, and the Influence on the Length of the Day Discussed. By T. K. ABBOTT, B.D., Fellow and Tutor, Trinity College, Dublin. Crown 8vo. 28.

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Elements of Astronomy. With 136 Diagrams. Fcp. 8vo. 68. A Class-Book of Astronomy. With 41 Diagrams. Fcp. 8vo. 1s. 6d. BRINKLEY--Astronomy. By F. BRINKLEY, formerly Astronomer Royal for Ireland. Re-edited and Revised by J. W. STUBBS, D.D., and F. BRUNNOW, Ph.D. With 49 Diagrams. Crown 8vo. 68.

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