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LETTERS ON PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS: Particularly the Creation, the Deluge, Vegetation, &c. The powers producing these operations are here shewn to be Heat, Cold, Air and Water. Since the Edition of these Letters printed at Plymouth, the late Experiments in

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LETTERS ON PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS: Particularly the Creation, the Deluge, Vegetation, &c. The powers producing these operations are here shewn to be Heat, Cold, Air and Water. Since the Edition of these Letters printed at Plymouth, the late Experiments in

by Penrose, Francis (1718-1798)

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Printed for J. Deighton, London 1794., 1794 pp. [42], 406, [1] + Two folding engraved plates showing Solar and Lunar Diagrams for 1786. Old damp stain. Name clipped from title page without loss. 8vo. Lacks front board. This series of scientific, philosophical, historical, and scriptural letters from Francis Penrose to John Heaviside was first published in 1788. All editions of this interesting work are now quite scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W151 Language: eng. Disbound. Good.

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LETTERS ON PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS: Particularly the Creation, the Deluge, Vegetation, &c. The powers producing these operations are here shewn to be Heat, Cold, Air and Water. Since the Edition of these Letters printed at Plymouth, the late Experiments in
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Penrose, Francis (1718-1798)
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Printed for J. Deighton, London 1794.
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1794
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SCIENCE; ENGLAND; LETTERS; PHILOSOPHY; ASTRONOMY; HEAVISIDE RAD
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