Le Monde de la Science et de l'Industrie, revue mensuelle illustree ; Nouvelle serie, treizieme annee, volume III [-IV].
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- Fribourg :: Imprimerie Fragniere Freres, 1890-91., 1890
Fribourg :: Imprimerie Fragniere Freres, 1890-91., 1890. Treizieme & Quatorzieme Annee [2 volumes in 1]. 4to. [4], 196 ; [4], 143, [1] pp. Figures throughout, index; pp. 147-8 torn. Contemporary quarter olive-green cloth, blind- and gilt-stamped spine, marbled boards; rubbed. Very good. [490] Printed in Fribourg, Switzerland. Again, topics are diverse and surprising (all in French): alcohol, astrolabes, astronomy, bacteria, baths, bees, ballooning, barometers, Borax, calculating machine (p. 152), chemistry, Christopher Columbus colossal monument (p. 169), coffee, fire, flowers, flying (la navigation aerienne, p. 89), forests, frogs, honey, kitchen armoire, Mars, medical topics, meteorology & optics, mining, oxygen, perfuming, petrified forest in Arizona, photography, pottery from India, steam engine car (p. 102), Swiss horses, wood, etc. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL APPLY.