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Sketches of the philosophy of apparitions

or, An attempt to trace such illusions to their physical causes.

Also known as Attempt to trace such illusions to their physical causes; Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions: or, An Attempt to Trace Such Illusions to Their Physical Causes; Sketches of the philosophy of apparitions; or an attempt to trace such illusions to their physical causes

by Samuel Hibbert

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, Occultism and esotericism, and Parapsychology and psychical research.

  • Occultism and esotericism

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Editions

8 editions cataloged here.

Sketches of the philosophy of apparitions : or, An attempt to trace such illusions to their physical causes

HathiTrust catalog record

1824———Public view

Sketches of the philosophy of apparitions; or an attempt to trace such illusions to their physical causes

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1824-01-01T00:00:00ZEdinburgh : Oliver & Boyd; [etc., etc.]English—Public digitized item

Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions; Or, An Attempt to Trace Such Illusions to their Physical Causes

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1824-01-01T00:00:00ZOliver and Boyd (London)English—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: The Library of Congress
  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Contributing institution: unknown library
  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: The Library of Congress
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellcome Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 5 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BF1451 .H5 1824
  • Source-reported rights: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="ugc nofollow">This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark</a>
  • Source-reported rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd; London: G. and W. B. Whitaker, 1824
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