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The poetic language of health
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Observations on some new organic remains in the flint of chalk / [Joseph Bancroft Reade].
Reade, Joseph Bancroft, 1801-1870Date: 1838- Archives and manuscripts
George Reade and members of his family
Date: 1867-1874Reference: MS.5392Part of: Lee, Henry (1826-1888), naturalist
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Experimental outlines for a new theory of colours, light and vision: with critical remarks on Sir Isaac Newton's opinions, and some new experiments on radiant caloric / [Joseph Reade].
Reade, Joseph, M.D., active 1802-1818.Date: 1818
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Experimental outlines, for a new theory of colours, light and vision : with critical remarks, on Sir Isaac Newton's opinions, and some new experiments on radiant caloric / by Joseph Reade, M.D.
Reade, Joseph.Date: 1816
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Jean Baptiste Joseph, Count Delambre. Etching by W. Read.
Reference: 2436i