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The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1826-1848 : a handlist of the Society's Correspondence and papers [in the library of University College, London] / compiled by Janet Percival.

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.

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

Vegetable substances used for the food of man / [Edwin Lankester].

A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy. Timber trees: fruits / [By Robert Mudie].

The horse; with a treatise on draught / And a copious index. Published under the superintendence of the society for the diffusion of useful knowledge.

The horse : with a treatise on draught / by William Youatt.

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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

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

Vegetable substances used for the food of man / [Edwin Lankester].

A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy. Timber trees: fruits / [By Robert Mudie].

The horse; with a treatise on draught / And a copious index. Published under the superintendence of the society for the diffusion of useful knowledge.

The horse : with a treatise on draught / by William Youatt.

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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Images from the collections

Images produced by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Works from the collections

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

Vegetable substances used for the food of man / [Edwin Lankester].

A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy. Timber trees: fruits / [By Robert Mudie].

The horse; with a treatise on draught / And a copious index. Published under the superintendence of the society for the diffusion of useful knowledge.

The horse : with a treatise on draught / by William Youatt.

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