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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Educational organisation

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Images from the collections

Images produced by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

4 images from works
  • René Descartes. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, after F. Hals, 1649.
  • William Harvey. Stipple engraving by E. Scriven after C. Janssen.
  • Johann Kepler. Line engraving by F. Mackenzie.
  • Johann Kepler. Line engraving by F. Mackenzie.

Works from the collections

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Works referencing this organisation

28 works

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    Penny cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

    | Date: 1833-43
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    Vegetable substances used for the food of man / [Edwin Lankester].

    Lankester, Edwin, 1814-1874. | Date: 1832
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    A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy. Timber trees: fruits / [By Robert Mudie].

    | Date: [date of publication not identified]
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    The horse; with a treatise on draught / And a copious index. Published under the superintendence of the society for the diffusion of useful knowledge.

    Youatt, William, 1776-1847. | Date: 1831
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    The horse : with a treatise on draught / by William Youatt.

    Youatt, William, 1776-1847. | Date: 1859
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Frequent collaborators

William Youatt
Mudie, Robert

Related topics

Botany
Fruit
Horses
Horse Diseases

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