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Physical Science, Natural Philosophy, etc., continued. 138 TELEGRAPH, HANDBOOK OF THE: A Guide to Candidates for Employment in the Telegraph Service. By R. BOND. Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged; to which is appended, QUESTIONS on MAGnetism, ELECTRICITY, and PRACTICAL TELEGRAPHY, for the Use of Students, by W. MCGREGOR, Indian Government Telegraphs. Woodcuts. 3/0 "This book is one of the very best works of the sort we have ever come across. All who are desirous of being employed in the service of the telegraph should at once procure it."-Civilian. PHYSICAL GEOLOGY, partly based on Major-General PORT" LOCK'S Rudiments of Geology." By RALPH TATE, A.L.S., &c. Woodcuts. 2/0 174. HISTORICAL GEOLOGY, partly based on Major-General PORTLOCK'S "Rudiments." By RALPH TATE, A.L.S., &c. Woodcuts. 173. GEOLOGY, PHYSICAL and HISTORICAL.

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