Everyday Objects; Or, Picturesque Aspects of Natural History.Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)
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Everyday Objects; Or, Picturesque Aspects of Natural History.
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)
Natural history
=The English Explorers; comprising details of the= more famous
Travels by Mandeville, Bruce, Park, and Livingstone. With Map of
Africa and Chapter on Arctic Exploration.
=The Book for Every Day; containing an Inexhaustible= Store of
Amusing and Instructive Articles. Edited by JAMES MASON.
=The Book of Noble Englishwomen: Lives made= Illustrious by
Heroism, Goodness, and Great Attainments. Edited by CHARLES BRUCE.
=A Hundred Wonders of the World in Nature and= Art, described
according to the latest Authorities, and profusely Illustrated.
Edited by JOHN SMALL, M.A.
_Other Popular and Standard Volumes in preparation._
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| The equals sign is used to surround =bold text=; |
| underscores to surround _italic text_. |
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| Corrected various punctuation. |
| P.24. 'Ptolemoeus' changed to 'Ptolemæus'. |
| P.187. T (large down tack) mathematical symbol. |
| P.187. Heiroglyphics "The Ankh" symbol. |
| P.252. 'Fig. 57.' changed to 'fig. 56.'. |
| P.254. 'Fig. 35.' changed to 'fig. 58.'. |
| P.389. 'ramificacations' changed to 'ramifications'. |
| P.390. 'disorderd' changed to 'disordered'. |
| P.427. 'Withers' changed to 'Wither'. |
| Index: Voltaire, '713' is p.113, changed. |
| There are difference customs between titles |
| Mr (British) and Mr. (American) and the corresponding |
| Mrs (British) and Mrs. (American) found in this books, |
| so the only title with a period is found in the adds |
| for consistency, as in the book. |
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