Lectures in Natural Philosophy: Designed to be a Foundation, for Reasoning Pertinently, Upon the Petrifications, Gems, Crystals, and Sanative Quality of Lough Neagh in Ireland, and Intended to be an Introduction, to the Natural History of Several Counties Contiguous to the Lake, Particularly the County of Ardmaghauthor, 1751 - 209 páginas |
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