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Stories of Inventors and Discoverers in Science and Useful Arts. By John Timbs, F.S.A. Second Edition. With numerous Illustrations. Fcap. 5s. cloth.
‘Another interesting and well-collected book, ranging from Archimedes and Roger Bacon to the Stephensons.’—Athenæum.
‘This last book is, we think, Mr. Timbs’s best.’—National Magazine.
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Painting Popularly Explained, with Historical Sketches of the Progress of the Art. By Thomas John Gullick, Painter, and John Timbs, F.S.A. With a Frontispiece and Vignette, in small 8vo. pp. 336, price 6s. cloth.
This work has been adopted as a Prize-Book in the Schools of Art at South Kensington.