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Distinguished British men of science 1807-1808 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution, London. Mezzotint by W. Walker and G. Zobel after F. Skill and W. Walker, ca. 1860, after Sir J. Gilbert.

The distinguished men of science 1807-8: a key to the identities of the sitters. Photograph of engraving by W. Walker, 1862, after Sir J. Gilbert.

Mechanics / By Henry Kater and Dionysius Lardner.

On the certainty and safety with which the operation for the extraction of a cataract from the human eye may be performed, and on the means by which it is accomplished / With remarks by Captain Kater ... on certain spots discoverable in the human eye.

On the certainty and safety with which the operation for the extraction of a cataract from the human eye may be performed, and on the means by which it is to be accomplished / by G.J. Guthrie ; with remarks by Captain Kater on certain spots discoverable in the human eye, and on the manner of detecting their situation.

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Mechanics / By Henry Kater and Dionysius Lardner.

On the certainty and safety with which the operation for the extraction of a cataract from the human eye may be performed, and on the means by which it is accomplished / With remarks by Captain Kater ... on certain spots discoverable in the human eye.