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First lessons in composition

First lessons in composition Author: Hart, John S. (John Seely), 1810-1877 Year: 1873 viii, 9-168 p View on Archive.org

The description, composition, and preparations of the sanguinaria canadensis [microform]

The description, composition, and preparations of the sanguinaria canadensis [microform] Author: Gibb, George Duncan, Sir, 1821-1876 Year: 1860 Caption title View on Archive.org

The composition of Indian geographical names, illustrated from the Algonkin languages [microform]

The composition of Indian geographical names, illustrated from the Algonkin languages [microform] Author: Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond), 1821-1897 Year: 1879 Includes…

The Coran; its composition and teaching and the testimony it bears to the Holy Scriptures

The Coran; its composition and teaching and the testimony it bears to the Holy Scriptures Author: Muir, William, Sir, 1819-1905 Year: 1878 239 p. ; 18 cm View on Archive.org

The Empire spring, its composition and medical uses, together with a notice of the mineral waters of Saratoga, and those of other parts of New York

The Empire spring, its composition and medical uses, together with a notice of the mineral waters of Saratoga, and those of other parts of New York Author: Emmons, Ebenezer…

XVI.—On the chemical composition of the fluid in the Ascidia of Nepenthes

XVI.—On the chemical composition of the fluid in the Ascidia of Nepenthes Author: A Voelcker Year: 1849 View on Archive.org

On the minute structure and chemical composition of tubercular deposits [electronic resource]

On the minute structure and chemical composition of tubercular deposits [electronic resource] Author: Bennett, John Hughes, 1812-1875 Year: 1846 "Extracted from the Northern…

A class book on rhetoric

A class book on rhetoric Author: Hutchinson, D[aniel] F[aloon] [from old catalog] Year: 1853 98 pp., 1 l. 18 cm View on Archive.org

Catalogue of specimens illustrative of the composition and manufacture of British pottery and porcelain : from the occupation of Britain by the Romans to the present time

Catalogue of specimens illustrative of the composition and manufacture of British pottery and porcelain : from the occupation of Britain by the Romans to the present time…

An introduction to mineralogy: founded on the chemical composition of mineral and metallic bodies

An introduction to mineralogy: founded on the chemical composition of mineral and metallic bodies Author: Moxon, Charles Year: 1838 Reprinted from Mining Rev., n.s., vol. I View…

Treatises on poetry, modern romance, and rhetoric : being the articles under those heads contributed to the Encyclopaedia Britannica ...

Treatises on poetry, modern romance, and rhetoric : being the articles under those heads contributed to the Encyclopaedia Britannica ... Author: Moir, George, 1800-1870 Year…

Charter ... with a scientific report upon the situation, properities, composition, &c. of the springs

Charter ... with a scientific report upon the situation, properities, composition, &c. of the springs Author: Carroll white sulphur spring company, Allegany county, Md. [from…

Remarks on the Pitcaithly and Dunbarney mineral waters, in Perthshire : illustrative of their composition, and medicinal properties .

Remarks on the Pitcaithly and Dunbarney mineral waters, in Perthshire : illustrative of their composition, and medicinal properties . Author: University of Glasgow. Library…

Helps to composition; or, Six hundred skeletons of sermons, several being the substance of sermons preached before the Universit

Helps to composition; or, Six hundred skeletons of sermons, several being the substance of sermons preached before the University Author: Simeon, Charles, 1759-1836 Year: 1815 4…

Rhetoric: a text-book, designed for use in schools and colleges, and for private study

Rhetoric: a text-book, designed for use in schools and colleges, and for private study Author: Haven, E. O. (Erastus Otis), 1820-1881 Year: 1869 381 p. 20 cm View on Archive.org

A study of the influence of refrigeration upon the composition of flesh

A study of the influence of refrigeration upon the composition of flesh Author: Barnhart, Jesse Melangthon Year: 1906 Thesis (B.S.)--University of Illinois, 1906 View on…

Normal composition of American creamery butter

Normal composition of American creamery butter Author: U.S. Department of Agriculture Year: 1912 http://uf.catalog.fcla.edu/uf.jsp?st=UF005490829&ix=pm&I=0&V=D&pm=1 View on…

Fertilizers : the source, character and composition of natural, home-made and manufactured fertilizers and suggestions as to their use for different crips and conditions

Fertilizers : the source, character and composition of natural, home-made and manufactured fertilizers and suggestions as to their use for different crips and conditions Author…

The composition of commercial fertilizers

The composition of commercial fertilizers Author: Whitney, Milton, 1860-1927 Year: 1910 "Issued May 10, 1910." View on Archive.org

Commercial fertilizers : composition and use

Commercial fertilizers : composition and use Author: Voorhees, Edward B. (Edward Burnett), 1856-1911 Year: 1896 24 pages ; 23 cm View on Archive.org

Public School Manuals (Ontario Teachers' Manuals): Language and Composition

Public School Manuals (Ontario Teachers' Manuals): Language and Composition Author: Ontario Department of Education Year: 1913 v View on Archive.org

Composition of sugar-beet pulp and tops and of silage therefrom

Composition of sugar-beet pulp and tops and of silage therefrom Author: Sherwood, Sidney F. (Sidney Forsythe), 1886- Year: 1924 12 p. ; 23 cm View on Archive.org

The composition and the decomposition products of stannous oxalate

The composition and the decomposition products of stannous oxalate Author: Dean, Ralph Hipple Year: 1917 Thesis (M.A.)--University of Illinois, 1917 View on Archive.org

Latin composition

Latin composition Author: Allcroft, A. H. (Arthur Hadrian), 1865-1929 Year: 1923 viii, 221 pages ; 18 cm View on Archive.org

Latin Composition For The Third Year

Latin Composition For The Third Year Author: Herry Fletcher Scott Year: 1917 View on Archive.org

The northern hardwood forest : its composition, growth, and management

The northern hardwood forest : its composition, growth, and management Author: Frothingham, E. H. (Earl Hazeltine), b. 1880 Year: 1915 Cover title View on Archive.org

The preparation, properties, and composition of silundum ..

The preparation, properties, and composition of silundum .. Author: Lowy, Alexander, 1889-1941 Year: 1915 Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1915 View on Archive.org

The inland lakes of Wisconsin. The plankton. I. Its quantity and chemical composition

The inland lakes of Wisconsin. The plankton. I. Its quantity and chemical composition Author: Birge, E. A. (Edward Asahel), 1851-1950 Year: 1922 extracted picklist View on…

The mineral composition of some sands from Quebec, Labrador and Greenland

The mineral composition of some sands from Quebec, Labrador and Greenland Author: Martens, James H. C. (James Hart Curry), 1901- Year: 1929 Includes bibliographical references…

Pictorial Composition In Photography

Pictorial Composition In Photography Author: Arthur Hammond Year: 1920 View on Archive.org

Ana and kata in composition and with case ..

Ana and kata in composition and with case .. Author: Kern, James William, 1857- Year: 1915 Thesis (Ph. D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 1899 View on Archive.org

The composition of some commercial insecticides, fungicides, bactericides, rodenticides, and weed killers : a compilation

The composition of some commercial insecticides, fungicides, bactericides, rodenticides, and weed killers : a compilation Author: Fisher, H. J. (Harry Johnstone), b. 1896 Year…

Wit, humor, reason, rhetoric, prose, poetry, and story woven into eight popular lectures

Wit, humor, reason, rhetoric, prose, poetry, and story woven into eight popular lectures Author: Bain, George Washington, 1840- Year: 1915 350 p. 20 cm View on Archive.org

The principles of rhetoric

The principles of rhetoric Author: Hill, Adams Sherman, 1833-1910, author Year: 1923 x, 431 pages ; 19 cm View on Archive.org

Composition of cotton seed

Composition of cotton seed Author: Creswell, Charles F. (Charles Franklin), 1886- Year: 1921 Caption title View on Archive.org

English rhetoric

English rhetoric Author: Wilbur, William Allen, 1864-1945 Year: 1915 ix, 315 p. 24 cm View on Archive.org

Coal in Great Britain, the composition, structure, and resources of the coalfields, visible, and concealed, of Great Britain

Coal in Great Britain, the composition, structure, and resources of the coalfields, visible, and concealed, of Great Britain Author: Gibson, Walcot Year: 1920 14 View on…

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