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Bibliografische gegevens
OCLC:1007588223
Hoofdauteur: Barrington, Daines, 1727-1800
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, [1965?]
Reeks:History of the Pacific Northwest ; PNW 17.
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Monograph Microform

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Inhoudsopgave:
  • Tracts on the possibility of reaching the North pole
  • Whether the turkey was known before the discovery of America
  • On the rein-deer
  • On the bat, or rere-mouse
  • On the sudden decay of several trees in St. James's park
  • On the periodical appearing and disappearing of certain birds at different times of the year
  • On the torpidity of the swallow tribe when they disappear
  • On the prevailing notions with regard to the cuckow
  • On the Linnaean system
  • Particulars of an agreement between the King of Spain and the Royal society, for an exchange of natural curiosities
  • Accounts of Mozart, Mr. Charles Wesley, Master Samuel Wesley, little Crotch, the Earl of Mornington
  • Of the deluge in the time of Noah
  • History of the Gwedir family [by Sir John Wynne]
  • Letter, intended for Dodsley's museum, on the English and French writers
  • Dialogue on the ancient tragedies, written at Oxford in 1746 [etc.]