Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Year-Book of Facts in Science and the Arts, for 1876
The information contained in the following pages has been drawn from the most reliable sources, and pains have been takento secure accuracy. To many friends we are indebted for information, and to these we tender our sincere thanks. A compilation of this sort may be greatly aided and improved by the information and suggestions of others, and we shall be glad at all times to receive communications relating to subjects of scientific research.
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