Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 180
at present exceeds 1,650,000. London does not containmany public libraries, but there are numerous collections of scientific andspecial works of great value to those pursuing certain lines of knowledge.The second largest and most important collection in England is that of theBodleian Library of… … GREAT GROWTH OF LIBRARIES 165 Edinburgh, Scotland. It dates from 1682, and contains at present about400,000 volumes. The library of Trinity College, Dublin, was founded contem-poraneously with the Bodleian, and easily ranks as the largest and most im-portant in Ireland, with its 200,000 volumes, to…
Progress · Inventions
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