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AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY AND ANALYSIS:

A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR THE USE OF AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS. By J. M. H. MUNRO, D.Sc., F.I.C., F.C.S., Professor of Chemistry, Downton College of Agriculture.

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The Utilisation of Micro-organisms in the Arts and Manufactures. Br DR. FRANZ LAFAR,

Prof. of Fermentation-Physiology and Bacteriology in the Technical High School, Vienna.
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ANTITOXINES.

TOXINES AND

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