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A treatise on the science of entomology.

A treatise upon, or history of, epidemic diseases.

of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.

A treatise on morality; ethics.

without cultivation in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such plants.

Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the treatise or essay.

A treatise on galvanism, or a description of its phenomena.

The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach.

A treatise on this science. Astronomical, or Mathematical, geography treats of the earth as a planet, of its shape, its size, its lines of latitude and longitude, its zones, and the phenomena due to to the earth's diurnal and annual motions. -- Physical geography treats of the conformation of the earth's surface, of t…

A treatise on the science.

A treatise on this science. Analytical, or Coördinate, geometry, that branch of mathematical analysis which has for its object the analytical investigation of the relations and properties of geometrical magnitudes. -- Descriptive geometry, that part of geometry which treats of the graphic solution of all problems invo…

A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections. [Obs.] Milton.

A treatise on gnomonics.

A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.

fix denoting the art of writing or describing; also, the writing or description itself; a treatise; as, calligraphy, biography, geography.

A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.

The science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the liver.

A treatise on heresy.

A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science.

A description of, or treatise on, organic tissues.