Front matter
Reading edition
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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
BY
MARY SOMERVILLE,
AUTHOR OF THE “CONNECTION OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES,”
“MECHANISM OF THE HEAVENS,” ETC., ETC.
SECOND AMERICAN,
FROM THE NEW AND REVISED LONDON EDITION.
WITH ADDITIONS AND
A GLOSSARY
PREPARED FOR THIS EDITION.
PHILADELPHIA:
LEA & BLANCHARD.
1850.
2Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by LEA & BLANCHARD, in the Clerk’s Office, of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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SIR JOHN F. W. HERSCHEL, BART., K.H.,
&c., &c.
Dear Sir John,
I avail myself with pleasure of your permission to dedicate my book to you, as it gives me an opportunity of expressing my admiration of your talents, and my sincere estimation of your friendship.
I remain, with great regard,
Yours truly,
Mary Somerville.
London, 29th February, 1848.
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