Fifth and Last Volume there will be prefixed a sketch of the History of Chemical discovery, and Chemical theory, by Mr BRANDE; and thus this series of PRELIMINARY DISCOURSES, will afford a connected view of the progress which has been made in modern times, in regard to the two great departments of human inquiry, MIND and MATTER.

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