A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and Derivations of the Scientific Terms in General Use, Together with the History and Descriptions of the Scientific Principles of Nearly Every Branch of Human Knowledge, Volume 2 |
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| Title | A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and Derivations of the Scientific Terms in General Use, Together with the History and Descriptions of the Scientific Principles of Nearly Every Branch of Human Knowledge, Volume 2 Volume 2 of A Dictionary of Science, Literature & Art, William Thomas Brande A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and Derivations of the Scientific Terms in General Use, Together with the History and Descriptions of the Scientific Principles of Nearly Every Branch of Human Knowledge, William Thomas Brande |
| Editors | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1875 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2006 |
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