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Title: Common Science

Author: Carleton W. Washburne

Editor: John W. Ritchie

Release Date: August 28, 2009 [EBook #29838]

Language: English

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COMMON SCIENCE

NEW-WORLD SCIENCE SERIES
_Edited by John W. Ritchie_

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SCIENCE FOR BEGINNERS
By _Delos Fall_

TREES, STARS, AND BIRDS
By _Edwin Lincoln Moseley_

COMMON SCIENCE
By _Carleton W. Washburne_

HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
By _John W. Ritchie_

SANITATION AND PHYSIOLOGY
By _John W. Ritchie_

LABORATORY MANUAL FOR USE WITH "HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY"
By _Carl Hartman_

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EXERCISE AND REVIEW BOOK IN BIOLOGY
By _J. G. Blaisdell_

PERSONAL HYGIENE AND HOME NURSING
By _Louisa C. Lippitt_

SCIENCE OF PLANT LIFE
By _Edgar Nelson Transeau_

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ZOOeLOGY
By _T. D. A. Cockerell_

EXPERIMENTAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
By _Augustus P. West_

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_NEW-WORLD SCIENCE SERIES_
_Edited by John W. Ritchie_

COMMON SCIENCE

_by_
_Carleton W. Washburne_

_Superintendent of Scho