THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS OF THE PAST YEAR;

IN MECHANICS AND THE USEFUL ARTS; NATURAL PHILOSOPHY;
ELECTRICITY; CHEMISTRY; ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY; GEOLOGY
AND MINERALOGY; METEOROLOGY AND ASTRONOMY.

Building for the International Exhibition, 1862.-(See page 13.)

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President of the British Association? for the Advancement of Science, 1861

THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS
OF THE PAST YEAR;

IN MECHANICS AND THE USEFUL ARTS; NATURAL PHILOSOPHY;
ELECTRICITY; CHEMISTRY; ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY; GEOLOGY
AND MINERALOGY; METEOROLOGY AND ASTRONOMY.

AUTHOR OF

BY JOHN TIMBS, F.S.A.

" CURIOSITIES OF SCIENCE,"
39.66

THINGS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN," ETC.

"Were I to enlarge on the relation of the achievements of science to the comforts
and enjoyments of man, I should have to refer to the present epoch as one of the
most important in the history of the world. At no former period did science con-
tribute so much to the uses of life and the wants of society."- Address of Mr.
Fairbairn, C.E., President of the British Association, at Manchester, 1861

Building for the International Exhibition, 1862.-(See page 13.)

LONDON:

LOCKWOOD AND CO., 7, STATIONERS' HALL COURT.