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CHAPTER XXI.

PHYSICO-MATHEMATICS.

MECHANICS-STATICS-DYNAMICS-PNEUMATICS-PHONICS-OPTICS.

Adams's Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy. 5 vols. 8vo.

Arnold's Elements of Physics, or Natural Philosophy, General and Medical. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1829.

Blair, David: a Grammar of Natural and Experimental Philosophy. D. Brewster's Letters on Natural Magic, addressed to Walter Scott. D. New-York, 1832.

on Optics. D. Philadelphia, 1833.

Letters of Euler on Different Subjects in Natural Philosophy, addressed to a German Princess. 2 vols. D. New-York, Family Library, 1833.

Discourses on the Advantage of Science. 1 vol. Library of Useful Knowledge. Boston, 1831.

Endless Amusements: a Collection of nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments in various Branches of Science, viz. Acoustics, Arithmetic, Chymistry, Electricity, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Magnetism, Mechanics, Optics, Wonders of the Air-Pump, &c. &c. D. Philadelphia, 1821.

Enfield's Institutes of Natural Philosophy, Theoretical and Practical. 4to. Boston, 1802.

Fischer's Elements of Natural Philosophy. 8vo. Boston, 1827. Herschel's Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy. D. Philadelphia, 1831.

Jones's Conversations on Natural Philosophy. D. Philadelphia, 1826. Joyce's Scientific Dialogues. 3 vols. D. Philadelphia, 1819. Pemberton's View of Newton's Philosophy. 4to. London, 1728. Philosophical Transactions of the American Society. 1. vol. 4to. Philadelphia, 1818.

Philosophy, Natural: Elements of, published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1829. Renwick's Elements of Mechanics. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1832.

Outline of Natural Philosophy. 2 vols. 8vo. New-York, 1832.

Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York. 4to. New-York, 1815.

Treatise on Mechanics, by Captain Henry Kater and the Rev. Dionysius Lardner. D. Boston, 1831.

Webster's Elements of Natural Philosophy. 2 vols. 8vo. London,

1808.

CHAPTER XXII.

ASTRONOMY.

Bartlett's Physical, Practical, and Descriptive Astronomy. 4to. Utica,

1825.

Burnett, E. H.: Geography of the Heavens, accompanied by a General Atlas, with a View of the Solar System, illustrated by Engravings. D. Hartford, 1833.

Herschel's Treatise on Astronomy. D. Philadelphia, 1834.

Keith's New Treatise on the Use of the Globes, and Practical Astronomy. 8vo.

Sommerville, Mrs.

the Heavens.

Preliminary Dissertations on the Mechanism of

D.

Vince's Elements of Astronomy. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1811.

Watts's First Principles of Astronomy and Geography, Explained by the Use of the Globes and Map. 8vo. London, 1752.

CHAPTER XXIII.

GEOGRAPHY.

EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AND AMERICA.

Acerbi's Travels through Sweden, Finland, and Lapland. 2 vols. 4to. London, 1802.

Adams's Flowers of Modern Travels: being Elegant, Entertaining, and Instructive Extracts, selected from the Works of the most Celebrated Travellers. 2 vols. D.

Adams, Robert: Narrative of his Shipwreck on the Western Coast of Africa, in the year 1810. 8vo. Boston, 1817.

Adventures of Don Juan de Ulloa, in a Voyage to Calcutta, soon after the Discovery of India, by Vasco de Gama. D. New-York, 1826.

Africa: Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the

Earliest Ages to the Present Time. D. New-York, Family
Library, 1831.

Alexander, Captain J. E.: Transatlantic Sketches, comprising Visits to the most Interesting Scenes in North and South America and the West Indies, with Notes on Negro Slavery and Canadian Emigration. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1833.

Anderson's Narrative of the British Embassy to China, in the years 1792, '3, and '4. 8vo. London, 1796.

Anderson's Observations upon the Peloponnesus and Greek Islands, made in 1829. D. Boston, 1830.

Barnard's Narrative of his Sufferings and Adventures in a Voyage round the World, during the years 1812-16. 8vo. New-York,

1829.

Barrow's Travels in South Africa.

8vo. New-York, 1802.

Travels in China. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1805.

Bartolomeo's Voyages to the East Indies. 8vo. London, 1800.
Beaufoy's North Pole. 8vo. New-York, 1818.

Beechey's Voyage to the Pacific. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1832.
Bell's Observations on Italy. D. Boston, 1826.

2 vols. 4to. London, 1790.

Benyowsky's Memoirs and Travels. Bernhard's Travels through North America, during the years 1825-6. 2 vols. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1828.

Berrian's Travels in France and Italy, in 1817-18. 8vo. New-York,

1821.

Bethune's Narrative of an Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar. 8vo. Boston, 1823. .

Bigelowe's Travels in Malta and Sicily, with Sketches of Gibraltar, in 18 8vo. Boston, 1831.

Bingley's Travels in South America. D. London, 1820.

Blunt's Stranger's Guide to the City of New-York. D. New-York,

1817.

Bougainville's Voyage round the World. 4to. London, 1772.
Bouchette's Description of Canada. 8vo. London, 1815.

Boswell's Tour to the Hebrides. 8vo. New-York, 1810.

Brackenridge's Voyage to South America. 2 vols. 8vo. Baltimore,

1819.

Recollections of Persons and Places in the West. D. Philadelphia, 1834.

Brocquiere's Travels to Palestine, and his Return from Jerusalem over Land to France, in 1432-33; translated by Thomas Johnnes, Esq. 8vo.

Brooks's General Gazetteer. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1806.

Brown's Western Gazetteer. 8vo. Auburn, 1817.

Buchanan's Sketch of the History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians. D. New-York, 1834.

Bullock's Six Months in Mexico. 2 vols. D.
Bulwer's England and the English. 2 vols.
Burckhardt's Travels in Arabia. 2 vols. 8vo.

D.

New-York, 1833.

London, 1825.

London, 1829.,

Burney's Chronological History of the Discoveries in the Pacific Ocean, from its Discovery in 1579, to the year 1723, with Charts. 4 vols. 4to. London, 1803.

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Cadell's Journey in Italy and France. 2 vols. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1820.
Caille's Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo, and across the
Great Desert to Morocco, performed in the years 1824–28.
vols. 8vo. London, 1830.
Calmet's Sacred Geography. 4to.
Campbell's Travels in South Africa.

Voyage round the World.

Carr's Stranger in France. 4to.

Charleston, 1817.

8vo. Andover, 1816. D. New-York, 1819. London, 1803.

Northern Summer; or, Travels round the Baltic, through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia, and part of Germany, in the year 1804. D. Hartford, 1806.

Caledonian Sketches; or, a Tour through England and Scotland, in 1807. 8vo. London, 1809.

Carter's Letters from Europe. 2 vols. 8vo. New-York, 1827. Chastellux's Travels in North America, in the year 1780-82. 8vo. New-York, 1827.

Chateaubriand's Travels in Greece, Palestine, Egypt, and Barbary, in 1806-7. New-York, 1814.

Recollections of Italy, England, and America. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1816.

Chatelet's Travels in Portugal. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1809.

Clarke's Travels in various Parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa. D. New-York, 1815.

Cochrane's Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey through Russia and Siberia, Tartary, from the Frontiers of China to the Frozen Sea, and Kamtschatka, in 1820-23. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1824.

Coke's Subaltern's Furlough: Description of Scenes in various Parts of the United States, Canada, &c. &c. 2 vols. D. 1833.

New-York,

Collins's Voyages to Portugal, Spain, Sicily, Malta, Asia-Minor, Egypt, &c. from 1796 to 1801. D. Philadelphia, 1809.

Colombia; Notes on Colombia, taken in the years 1822-3, with an Itinerary of the Route from Caraccas to Bogota; and an Appendix, by an Officer of the United States Army. 8vo. Philadelphia,

1827.

Cooke's Voyages. 8vo. Dublin, 1776.

Coxe's Adventures on the Columbia River, including the Narrative of a Residence of Six Years on the Western Side of the Rocky Mountains, among the various Tribes of Indians, hitherto Un

known; together with a Journey across the American Continent. 8vo. New-York, 1832.

Coxe's Travels in Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark. 5 vols. 8vo. London, 1802.

Travels in Switzerland. 2 vols. 8vo. Dublin, 1789.

D'Anville's Ancient and Modern Geography. 2 vols. 8vo. New-York, 1814.

Darby's Emigrant's Guide to the Western and South-Western States and Territories. 8vo. New-York, 1818.

Geographical Description of Lousiana. 8vo. New-York,

1817.

Delano's Narrative of Voyages and Travels round the World. 8vo. Boston, 1817.

Denham and Clapperton's Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822-24. 8vo. Boston, 1826.

The Same. 4 vols. D. London, 1831.

D'Haussez: Great Britain in 1833. 2 vols. D. Philadelphia, 1833. Diary of an Ennuyée. D. Philadelphia, 1826.

Didier's Letters from Paris, and other Cities of France, Holland, &c.; written during a Tour and Residence in these Countries in the years 1816-20. 8vo. New-York, 1821.

Dickinson's Elements of Geography. 8vo. Boston, 1813.

Depon's Voyage to the Eastern Part of Terra Firma, in South America. 3 vols. 8vo. New-York, 1806.

Dunn's Guatemala; or, the United Provinces of Central America, in 1827-8; being Sketches and Memorandums made during a Twelvemonth's Residence in that Republic. 8vo. New-York, 1828. 8vo. Philadelphia,

Duane's Visit to Colombia, in the years 1822-3.

1826.

Duncan's Travels in the United States and Canada, in 1818-19. 2 vols. D. 1823.

Dwight, Henry E.: Travels in the North of Germany, in the Years 1825-6. 8vo. New-York, 1829.

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Dwight, Timothy Travels in New-England and New-York. 4 vols. 8vo. New-Haven, 1821.

Ellis's Journal of an Embassy from England to China, in 1816, with Notices of the Country, &c.

8vo.

Ellis, William: Polynesian Researches, during a Residence of nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands. 4 vols. London, 1831.

Emmerson's Letters from the Ægean. 8vo. New-York, 1829.

D.

Englishman's Sketch-Book; or, Letters from New-York. D. New

York, 1828.

Espriella's Letters from England. 2 vols. D. London, 1814.

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