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  1. ↑ "Annals of Philosophy, Vol 1, January to June". London: Robert Baldwin. 1813.
  2. ↑ Morrell 2004.
  3. ↑ Bettany 1887.
  4. ↑ Wroth 1887.
  5. ↑ Thomson, Vol I, p 170.
  6. ↑ Bettany 1888.
  7. ↑ Boase 1888.
  8. ↑ Bettany 1888a.
  9. ↑ Goodwin 1891.
  10. ↑ Thomson, Vol VI, pp 281 – 283.
  11. ↑ Henderson 1892.
  12. ↑ Boulger 1894.
  13. ↑ Boase 1894.
  14. ↑ Hartog 1896.
  15. ↑ Carlyle 1898.
  16. ↑ Thompson 1899.
  17. ↑ Harden 1898.
  18. ↑ Thomson, Vol III, pp iii – iv.
  19. ↑ Thomson, Vol I, p iii.
  20. ↑ Thomson, Vol I, pp v–viii.
  21. ↑ Thomson, Vol II, pp iv – viii.
  22. ↑ Thomson, Vol III, pp v – viii.
  23. ↑ Thomson, Vol IV, pp v – viii.
  24. ↑ Thomson, Vol V, pp vi – viii.
  25. ↑ Thomson, Vol VI, pp iii – vii.
  26. ↑ Thomson, Vol VII, pp iii – vii.
  27. ↑ Thomson, Vol VIII, pp iii – vii.

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