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The wonders of nature and art; being an account of whatever is most curious and remarkable throughout the world; Whether relating to its Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Volcanoes, Cataracts, Hot and Cold Springs, and Other Parts of Natural History; or, to the Buildings, Manufactures, Inventions, and Discoveries of its Inhabitants. The whole collected from the writings of the best historians, Travellers, Geographers, and Philosophers, among which are some Original Manuscripts; interspersed with pious Observations and Reflections; illustrated with Notes, and adorned with Copper-Plates. The second edition. ...
Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
Vitamins, minerals and health / [Michael Turner].
Turner, Michael I.Date: 1989- Books
Studies on potassium and other minerals / by John Lochiel McGirr.
McGirr, John Lochiel.Date: [1938?]- Archives and manuscripts
List of minerals
Date: c.1824Reference: PP/HO/D/D98APart of: Hodgkin family- Books
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A scotch atlas; or description of the kingdom of Scotland: divided into counties, with the subdivisions of sherifdoms; shewing their respective boundaries and extent, soil, produce, Mines, Minerals, Metals, their Trade and Manufactures; also their cities, chief towns, seaports, mountains, Rivers, Forests, Lochs &c. with the Principal Great and Bve Roads, Passes, Forts, and other Particulars. The Whole taken from Topographical Surveys, regulated by Astronomical Observations, by Mostyn John Armstrong, Geographer. Beautifully engraved on 30 copper plates by H: Ashby. Published as the Act directs 1. Octr. 1777.
Armstrong, Mostyn John.Date: [1777]- Books
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The traveller's guide; or, a topographical description of Scotland, and of the islands belonging to it. Containing, I. An account of the extent of each County; of the number of Inhabitants; of its Mountains and Vallies, with the Nature of the Soil, and Productions. II. An enumeration of the Minerals and Fossils that have been discovered in each District. III. A Description of the principal Towns, public Building and Manufactures; with the names of illustrious Men born in each County. IV. A Table of the Stages, and a description of the principal Roads.
Date: 1798- Books
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A new catalogue of Bell's circulating library, Consisting of above Fifty Thousand Volumes, (english, Italian, and French) in History, Antiquities, Voyages, Travels, Lives Memoirs, Philosophy, Geography, Novels, Divinity, Physic, Surgery, Anatomy, Arts, Sciences, Plays, Poetry, Husbandry, Trade, Commerce, Gardening, Coins, Minerals. Including all the Books that have been lately published: Which are Lent to Read, At Twelve Shillings per Year; or, Four Shillings per Quarter: By John Bell, Bookseller, Near Exeter Exchange, in the Strand. Where New Books are purchased as soon as published, for the Use of Subscribers.
Bell, John, 1745-1831.Date: 1778]- Books
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The universal traveller: or, a compleat description of the several nations of the world. Shewing, I. The Situation, Boundaries, and Face of the respective Countries. II. Number of Provinces and Chief Towns in each. III. The Genius, Temper, and Habits of the several People. IV. Their Religion, Government, and Forces by Sea and Land. V. Their Trafick, Produce of their Soil, Animals, and Minerals. VI. An Abstract of the History of each Nation. Brought down to the present Time. And illustrated with a great variety of maps and cuts. By Mr. Salmon.
Salmon, Thomas, 1679-1767.Date: M.DCC.LII. [1752]- Books
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A general description of China: containing the topography of the fifteen provinces which compose this vast empire; That Of Tartary, The Isles, And Other Tributary Countries; The Number And Situation Of Its Cities, The State Of Its Population, The Natural History Of Its Animals, Vegetables And Minerals. Together With The latest Accounts that have reached Europe, of the Government, Religion, Manners, Customs, Arts and Sciences of the Chinese. Illustrated by a new and correct map of China, and other copper-plates. ... . Translated from the French of the Abbé Grosier.
Grosier, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1743-1823.Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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An analysis of the electrical fire; setting forth, from the lecturer's own experiments, that It neither attracts, nor repels; nor is attracted, or repell'd, by Points; or, any other Way, is not material nor inherent in Bodies, nor in the Clouds, &c. Together, with an account of an uncommon effect of lightning, and dissertation on thunder clouds; shewing, That Thunder is not caused by such Clouds being impregnated with Minerals; but, by frozen or cold Ones, coming into a warm Atmosphere. Dedicated to Dr. Francklin. By Thomas Kirby.
Kirby, Thomas, of Chatham.Date: [1777]- Books
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A general description of China: containing the topography of the fifteen provinces which compose this vast empire; That Of Tartary, The Isles, And Other Tributary Countries; The Number And Situation Of Its Cities, The State Of Its Population, The Natural History Of Its Animals, Vegetables And Minerals. Together With The latest Accounts that have reached Europe, of the Government, Religion, Manners, Customs, Arts and Sciences of the Chinese. Illustrated by a new and correct map of China, and other copper-plates. The second edition. ... . Translated from the French of the Abbe Grosier.
Grosier, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1743-1823.Date: MDCCXCV. [1795]- Books
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The natural history of Norway: Containing, A particular and accurate Account of the Templerature of the Air, the different Soils, Waters, Vegetables, Metals, Minerals, Stones, Beasts, Birds, and Fishes; together with the Dispositions, Customs, and Manner of Living of the Inhabitants: Interspersed with Physiological Notes from eminent Writers, and Transactions of Academies. In two parts. Translated from the Danish original of the Right Revd. Erich Pontoppidan, Bishop of Bergen in Norway, and Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Copenhagen. Illustrated with copper plates, and a general map of Norway.
Pontoppidan, Erich, 1698-1764.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Books
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An introduction to the study of minerals : with a guide to the mineral gallery / by L. Fletcher.
British Museum (Natural History). Department of Mineralogy.Date: 1910- Books
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An introduction to the study of minerals : with a guide to the mineral gallery / by L. Fletcher.
British Museum (Natural History). Department of Mineralogy.Date: 1914- Books
Book of minerals / translated [from the Latin] by Dorothy Wyckoff.
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.Date: 1967- Books
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The naturalist's and traveller's companion. Containing instructions for discovering and preserving objects of natural history, under the following heads: I. The Method of catching and preserving Insects for Collections, illustrated with a Copper-Plate. II. The Method of preserving Birds and other Animals. III. Directions for bringing over Seeds and Plants from distant Countries. IV. Method of analysing Medicinal or Mineral Waters. V. Experiments for discovering the Contents of the Air. VI. Directions for collecting Fossils, including Earths, Stones, Salts, Inflammables, Minerals, and Metals. VII. Directions for taking off Impressions or Casts, from Medals and Coins.
Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Books
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An essay towards a natural, experimental and medicinal history of the mineral waters of Ireland. Wherein The several impregnating Minerals, being investigated by a Series of Experiments, each Water is reduced to its proper Class. The Virtues of such as have been used are given from practical Observations. Divers new Waters, especially of the Sulphureous and Vitriolic kind, are enumerated and more accurately described than hitherto. The Whole illustrated with Tables exhibiting a clear View of the Experiments in Concert, and A Comparison of the Irish to the English, and other foreign Waters. By John Rutty, M.D.
Rutty, John, 1698-1775.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- Books
Healing your magical body with plants + minerals / Jo-Jo Sherrow.
Sherrow, Jo-JoDate: [2012]- Books
Making sense of vitamins and minerals / by Boots Health and Nutrition Centre.
Date: [1995?]- Books
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A treatise on the external characters of minerals / [Robert Jameson].
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854.Date: [1805]- Books
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A new and complete dictionary of arts and sciences; comprehending all the branches of useful knowledge, with Accurate Descriptions as well of the various Machines, Instruments, Tools, Figures, and Schemes necessary for illustrating them, as of The Classes, Kinds, Preparations, and Uses of Natural Productions, whether Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Fossils, or Fluids; Together with The Kingdoms, Provinces, Cities, Towns, and other remarkable Places throughout the World. Illustrated with above three hundred copper-plates, engraved by Mr. Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty. The whole extracted from the best authors in all languages. By a society of gentlemen.
Society of Gentlemen.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]- Books
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A topographical description of Cumberland, Westmoreland, Lancashire, and a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire; Comerthending, First, A General Introductory View. Secondly, A more detailed Account of each County; its Extent, General Appearance, Mountains, Caves, Rivers, Lakes, Canals, Soils, Roads, Minerals, Buildings, Market-Towns, Commerce, Manufactures, Agriculture, Antiquities, and the Manners and Customs of its Inhabitants. Thirdly, A Tour through the most intercsting Parts of the District; describing, in a concise and perspicuous Manner, such Object, as are best worth the Attention of the curious Traveller and Tourist. Illustrated with Various Maps, Plans, Views, and other Useful Appendages. By John Housman.
Housman, John.Date: 1800- Books
Viridian vitamins, minerals, herbs : care for others as you care for yourself / [Viridian Nutrition].
Viridian Nutrition.Date: [1999?]- Books
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A methodical synopsis of mineral waters, comprehending the most celebrated medicinal waters, both cold and hot, of Great-Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy, and several other parts of the world. Wherein Their several impregnating Minerals being previously described, and their Characteristics investigated, each Water is reduced to its proper Genus; and, beside the particular Analysis, the Virtues, Uses, and Abuses of the Water are described, in a Method Entirely New. Interspersed with Tables, Tending to throw a Light upon this indicate Subject; and Abstracts of the principal Authors who have treated of Mineral Waters; and the Accounts, dispersed in the Acts of most of the learned Societies in Europe, are collected and properly digested. By John Rutty, M.D.
Rutty, John, 1698-1775.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- Ephemera
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Quest Vitamins (Firm)Date: [1993?]