Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Year-Book of Facts in Science and Art, 1858: Exhibiting the Most Important Discoveries and Improvements of the Past Year; In Mechanics and the Useful Arts; Natural Philosophy; Electricity; Chemistry; Zoology and Botany; Geology and Mineralogy; Meteorology and Astronomy
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