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GREAT FACTS.

 

THE "GREAT EASTERN" STEAMSHIP, LAUNCHED 1858.

GREAT FACTS: A POPULAR HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST REMARKABLE INVENTIONS DURING THE PRESENT CENTURY.

BY FREDERICK C. BAKEWELL, AUTHOR OF "PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATIONS," "MANUAL OF ELECTRICITY," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.

NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 346 & 348 BROADWAY. 1860.