Conversations on the Plurality of WorldsFontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier)
Philosophy
Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds
Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier)
Plurality of worlds
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_A new and interesting Work, entitled_
A DICTIONARY OF THE WONDERS OF NATURE.
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A
DICTIONARY
OF THE
_WONDERS OF NATURE_:
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TRANSLATED PRINCIPALLY FROM THE WORKS OF
A. S. S. DELAFOND,
PROFESSOR OF PHYSIC AT BOURGES.
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_Including extraordinary instances of_
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