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THIS book is a reprint, with additions, of a number of articles which have appeared from time to time in various periodicals of a popular character. The articles deal with such subjects as quinine, rice, pearls, amber, common salt, Burton ale and Dublin stout, petroleum, canaries, bedsteads, railway-whistles, knives, forks, and postage-stamps—as heterogeneous a mixture, in fact, as the contents of Mrs. Jellaby's famous cupboard. Dr. Japp writes in a chatty and agreeable style, and his book may be safely given to young people, with the certainty that they will imbibe no false notions of science.
Days with Industrials; or, Adventures and Experiences among Curious Industries.
By Alexander H. Japp (London: Trübner and Co., 1889.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 40, 619 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/040619c0
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