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Lot of 4. Wayland, Francis, DD. The Dependence of Science upon Religion: A Discourse, Delivered at the Dedication of Manning Hall, the Chapel and Library of Brown University, February 4, 1835. Providence (RI): Marshall, Brown, & Co., 1835. 8vo, printed paper wraps, 40pp. Francis Wayland (1796-1865) was president of Brown University from 1827-1855. Manning Hall was the third building constructed on the school campus. It served a number of purposes over the years, but in 1959 the upper floor was returned to its role as the University chapel. The lower floor currently houses the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology. (brown.edu) Nipher, Francis E. Thoughts on Our Conceptions of Physical Law. An Address before the Alumni of the State University of Iowa, June 19, 1878; delivered at Kansas City, December 23, 1878. Kansas City: Printed at Kansas City Review, [1879]. 8vo, printed paper wraps, 9pp. Francis Eugene Nipher (1847-1926) was a physicist at Washington University, St. Louis. He organized Missouri's weather service, the second state weather service in the US. Carroll, William J. New Theory in that Branch of Natural Science, known as River Hydraulics. As published in the Natchez Democrat of February and March, 1866, also on September 10th 1874, and again in January 1876, and republished by John Cowden, of Memphis, Tenn., who falsely claimed it as his own on June 21st, 1876. Natchez, Miss.: Henry C. McNeil, 1878. 8vo, printed paper wraps, 12, (i) pp. Dr. Carroll proposed artificial drainage ditches to prevent flooding, such as: Flood of 1883. Brief History of its Rise, Progress and Decline. Relief Committees Proceedings. New Albany, IN: Ledger Company Printers, 1883. 8vo, printed paper wraps, 36, (i) pp. Condition: Most with some edge scuffing, toning. Front wraps with surface soil and toning. First folded vertically. All still very good.