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Richard Kirwan, Irish geologist and chemist. The subject depicted full length, frontal profile, seated next to a desk in a dark interior, holding a journal in his right hand, wearing a dark coat and breeches, a black top hat and brown cloak. in the…
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Portrait of Robert J. Hunter, Secretary of the Irish Turf Club and Keeper of the Match Book. The subject depicted three-quarter length, directed slightly left, in three-quarter profile, gazing front; seated at a desk upon which are two bound volumes…
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Portrait of Thomas Braughall (1729-1803), Irish wholesale merchant, Dublin, Honorary Secretary of the Royal Dublin Society (1792-1798). The subject depicted half length, seated in right profile; holding open – with both hands and close to his face…
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Portrait of Thomas Pleasants (1728-1818), Irish landowner and philanthropist. The subject depicted full length, seated, in three-quarter left profile and gazing front; in an open-arm, red-upholstered fauteuil-style armchair, against the rear left…
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Portrait of The Hon. William Evelyn Wylie, K.C. (1881–1964), Irish barrister, legal advisor to Dublin Castle, judge of the High Court in Ireland, President of the Royal Dublin Society (1938-41), Vice-President of the Royal Dublin Society (1926-64),…
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Portrait of The Hon. William Evelyn Wylie, K.C. (1881–1964), Irish barrister, legal advisor to Dublin Castle, judge of the High Court in Ireland, President of the Royal Dublin Society (1938-41), Vice-President of the Royal Dublin Society (1926-64),…
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2003, including Annual Report 2003, Dublin Horse Show Results, and leaflets regarding events in the RDS. 670pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2004, including Minerva Issue No. 2, Dublin Horse Show Programme, Dublin Horse Show Catalogue, Dublin Horse Show Prize Schedule. and leaflets regarding events in the RDS. 600pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2005, including RDS Forestry Awards programme, Dublin Horse Show Programme, Dublin Horse Show Prize Schedule, and leaflets regarding events in the RDS. 624pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2006, including the Dublin Horse Show Official Programme, RDS twosevenfive: A Brief History of the Royal Dublin Society, Annual Report 2006, and leaflets regarding events held in the RDS.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2007, including Annual Report 2007, Dublin Horse Show Official Programme, and leaflets regarding events held in the RDS. 691pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2008, including the Dublin Horse Show Official Catalogue, Minerva Issue No. 12, Annual Report 2008, and leaflets regarding events held in the RDS. 545pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2009, including the RDS Student Art Award Catalogue, Irish Forestry Awards programme, Dublin Horse Show Prize Schedule, and leaflets regarding events in the RDS. 754pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2010, including Minerva Issue No. 17, Dublin Horse Show Competition Schedule, Dublin Horse Show Official Programme, Annual Reports and Accounts 2010, and leaflets regarding events held in the RDS. 693pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2011, including Dublin Horse Show Official Catalogue, RDS Forestry Awards programme, Art Fair programme, Annual Reports and Accounts, and leaflets regarding events held in the RDS. 950pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2012, including Dublin Horse Show Official Programme, Annual Reports and Accounts 2012, Minerva Issue No. 24, and leaflets regarding events held in the RDS. 761pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2013, including Dublin Horse Show Official Catalogue, RDS National Crafts Competition Exhibition Catalogue, Annual Report and Accounts, and leaflets regarding events held in the RDS. 898pp.
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Group portrait of four members of the RDS Executive Committee, depicted around a table covered with a green baize, in the Board Room of the RDS, Ballsbridge; on the table, an architectural drawing for the enlargement of the Pembroke Hall at the RDS,…
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A George III carved giltwood armorial armchair, designed by James Mannin and made by Richard Cranfield in 1767, the shaped, rectangular padded back in a moulded frame carved with cornucopia issuing wheatsheaves and fruit and surmounted by the Royal…
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript register and book of letters of the Dublin Society, for the years 1731 to 1736.
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript register and book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1731 to 1733.
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript register and book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1733 to 1741.
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Modelled as a seated discus thrower, resting on a cloak, with a title plaque inscribed DISCOBOLUS M. KESSELS ROME 1826 THE BEQUEST OF MRS ANNE D RUTLAND 1856.
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St. Paul depicted to the right of the composition, wearing a green robe and red mantle, standing on a low plinth, right arm extended, preaching in a temple with a landscape beyond; behind him a group of six figures, one seated; to the right of the…
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Depicts Sir Humphrey and his trainers in a paddock with ten of his hunters, all prize winners at the Horse Shows of 1902 and 1903. Signed and dated lower right.: H.F. Lucas 1904
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A stained glass window depicting Minerva, the emblem of the Royal Dublin Society since the mid-1740s. The subject modelled seated, facing to the front with her head in right profile, wearing a helmet and purple, pink, orange and bronze-coloured…
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A statue of King George IV, the subject modelled wearing the robes of a Knight of the Order of St. Patrick, standing beside a column with books, signed and dated T Kirk fecit RHA 1824 Dublin. Thomas Kirk was commissioned by the linen merchants of…
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The subject modelled standing, wearing a coat, waistcoat & scarf, head cast down, holding an open book in his left hand. The base inscribed Goldsmith and with further inscription J H Foley RA SC London 1860.
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A tabletop statuette after John Michael Rysbrack's statue of Sir Anthony van Dyck. The subject modelled as the artist standing with an artist’s palette and brushes leaning against a draped pillar.
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A tabletop sculpture after John Greenshield's public monument to Sir Walter Scott in George Square, Edinburgh (1834-8, completed after Greenshield's death in 1835 by John Ritchie and William Mossman I). The subject modelled seated on a chair with…
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Depicts two dead game birds on a table.
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Still life with four dead gamebirds. A grey partridge hangs by its proper right leg above a falconry perch, from which a rufter hood hangs, and a fringed cloth is draped over the edge; above the partridge a small, short-beaked gamebird hangs by its…
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Still life with a dead hare suspended by its right hind leg, its head resting on a stone ledge; to left of the composition, an (unidentified) object on the ledge; set against a non-descript, dark background; unsigned.
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Although there are many variations between telescopes, they can be divided into two distinct categories − refracting and reflecting. Refracting telescopes use glass lenses to focus the incoming image. Reflecting telescopes use mirrors as the main…
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The campana-shaped body on a stem cast as three horses sheltering under a tree with a rockwork base, the sides robustly chased with flowers and foliage on a matted ground, with two leaf-cap scroll handles, engraved on one side with a coat-of-arms and…
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With tapering cylindrical on a spreading base, the base chased with stiff leaves on a reeded ground and with a beaded border, and with a knopped flower and foliage stem, the body finely chased on one side with a scene of knights going into battle,…
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Inscribed 1895 IRISH POLLED ABERDEEN-ANGUS ASSOCIATION CHALLENGE CUP BEST BULL, with a further inscription WON OUT IN 1897 BY A.J. OWEN ESQ. WITH HIS BULL MICK 3RD [10254] PRESENTED BY MR OWEN TO THE IRISH ABERDEEN-ANGUS ASSOCIATION, AND HAS AGAIN…
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Portrait of Emily St. Clare, British stage-actress and long-term paramour of Sir John Fleming Leicester, 1st Baron de Tabley (1762-1827), politician and patron of the arts. The subject depicted full length, side-saddle on a mule, in three-quarter…
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Depicts a winged angel, wearing a white robe, to the right of the composition, his head cast downwards to St. Peter, who wears a blue robe and yellow mantle, and is crawling in the lower centre of the composition; two other figures look on, one in…
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Genre painting of a blind beggarwoman and a child. To centre right, a beggarwoman seated on a low, stone wall, directed front, head slightly inclined to proper left, hands in her lap, wearing a brown skirt with red underskirt and a worn linen apron,…
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The Croker Challenge Cup. First awarded at the Dublin Horse Show in 1888 for best Weight-carrying Thoroughbred Stallion. Inscribed "Presented by Edward Croker on his retirement from the Secretaryship for the best thoroughbred stallion"
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Realistically modelled as The Warwick Vase, with beaded shell and dart rim, the campana-form body chased with lion’s pelts and applied in high relief with Bacchic masks and thyrsi, with a roundel of chased stiff leaves below, the twin reeded…
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The digital reproduction of the Dublin Society's Weekly Observations for the Advancement of Agriculture and Manufactures, for the year 1756.
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The digital reproduction of the Dublin Society's Weekly Observations, for the year 1739.
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After an Ancient Roman marble copy of a lost Greek statue in bronze thought to have been commissioned sometime between 230 and 220 BC by King Attalus I of Pergamon. It portrays a Gallic warrior in his last moments, as he struggles from a fatal wound,…
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The digital reproduction of the Economic Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, for the years 1899 to 1909.
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The digital reproduction of the Economic Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, for the years 1910 to 1935.
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The digital reproduction of the Economic Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, for the years 1936 to 1950.
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The digital reproduction of the Economic Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, for the years 1951 to 1959.
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The subject modelled as a young girl, a blanket wrapped around her, standing beside a tree stump, signed and dated J H Foley Sculp London 1842.
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The irregular-form body supported on a trumpet-shaped stem with two Celtic scroll handles, the detachable cover with a spire and Celtic scroll finial, the cover inscribed COMHRAMH NA HEIREANN ARNA BHRONNADH AG REALTAS NA HEIREANN DO CHOMÓRTAS…
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In the form of a cow, on a wood plinth with applied silver plaque inscribed ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY SPRING SHOW PERPETUAL CHALLENGE TROPHY PRESENTED BY THE JERSEY CATTLE SOCIETY OF IRELAND FOR THE BEST JERSEY COW WHICH HAS A REGISTERED LIFETIME YIELD OF…
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In the form of crouching fox on a rockwork base, set with red glass eyes, the turned wooden base applied with a silver shield engraved ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY FOR JOSEPH WIDGER PERPETUAL CHALLENGE TROPHY FOR BEST MEDIUM WEIGHT HUNTER BRED IN IRELAND…
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The digital reproduction of the Journal of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 1, for the years 1856 and 1857.
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The digital reproduction of the Journal of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 2, for the years 1858 and 1859.
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The digital reproduction of the Journal of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 3, for the year 1860.
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The digital reproduction of the Journal of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 4, for the year 1863.
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The digital reproduction of the Journal of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 5, for the year 1866.
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The digital reproduction of the Journal of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 6, for the year 1870.
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The digital reproduction of the Journal of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 7, for the year 1878.
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The subject modelled head cast down to proper right, her proper right arm reaching for an arrow from a quiver carried on proper left shoulder, her proper left arm by her side.
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The subject modelled standing, wearing classical robes, hair in a chignon, holding wheatsheaves and fruit in her proper left hand, on an oval marble base.
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The ovoid body on a stepped, domed base, the lower body chased with foliage, the shoulder chased with a band of trailing foliage and palmettes on a textured ground, with two handles of two entwined snakes and applied grotesque mask shields, engraved…
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An Irish parcel-gilt silver model of a hunting horn, the curved cylindrical body engraved with flutes, with silver gilt bands, the rim engraved with an early Celtic inscription COMÔRTAS NA MARCRAIḊE CURAḊ-ṀÍR, with a separate, ebonised wood…
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Of ovoid form with cover on a square base, chased with scrolls, the lower body chased with leaves, the rim and conforming cover each chased with flowers and scrolls and with two reeded scrolling handles, engraved on one side with the inscription…
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A silver presentation trophy, the tapering cylindrical body on a spreading base, with a Celtic knot decorated stem, with two Celtic knot decorated handles and a similarly decorated band at the rim, the detachable cover with a finial in the form of a…
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript petitions book of the Dublin Society, for the years 1761 to 1762.
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A silver-gilt electroplate trophy cup. The tapering cylindrical on a spreading foot, the foot and lower body each chased with foliage, the rim chased with thistles, shamrocks and roses all on a textured ground with two angular scroll handles, each…
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A silver trophy presented to the Royal Dublin Society by Queen Victoria on the occasion of Her visit to Ireland in 1900. The pear shaped body on a robust stem with central knop, the base applied with two female figures seated, one with an owl on her…
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A George III, baluster-shaped coffee pot, with scrolled spout and handle fretted with scrolling acanthus leaves, beading, the hinged domed top with plain knop finial, the spreading circular foot, gadrooned border engraved with an armorial, the base…
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Depicting the Society's present headquarters at Ballsbridge. One of a set of four, including Ballsbridge, Leinster House, Hawkins Street & Grafton Street.
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Depicting the Society's former headquarters at Grafton Street. One of a set of four, including Ballsbridge, Leinster House, Hawkins Street & Grafton Street.
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Depicting the Society's former headquarters at Hawkins Street. One of a set of four, including Ballsbridge, Leinster House, Hawkins Street & Grafton Street.
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With domed foot and tapering stem engraved with two wheatear bands, the bowl with twin scroll handles, also with chased wheatear bands at the base and rim, with an inscription reading ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY HORSE SHOW PERPETUAL CHALLENGE CUP CHAMPION…
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Depicting the Society's former headquarters at Leinster House. One of a set of four, including Ballsbridge, Leinster House, Hawkins Street & Grafton Street.
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In Charles II style, the large openwork crown finial engraved and chased with the Royal Arms, the sides engraved with various coats-of-arms and symbols including that of the Royal Dublin Society and the Guinness family, the latter which reads SPES…
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The Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 1 Series A: for the years 1959 to 1964
The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 1 Series A, for the years 1959 to 1964.
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The Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 1 Series B: for the years 1960 to 1966
The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 1 Series B, for the years 1960 to 1966.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 1, for the years 1877 to 1878.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 10, for the years 1903 to 1905.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 11, for the years 1905 to 1908.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 12, for the years 1909 to 1910.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 13, for the years 1911 to 1913.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 14, for the years 1913 to 1915.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 15, for the years 1916 to 1920.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 16, for the years 1920 to 1922.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 17, for the years 1922 to 1924.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 18, for the years 1924 to 1928.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 19, for the years 1928 to 1930.
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The Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 2 Series A: for the years 1964 to 1966
The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 2 Series A, for the years 1964 to 1966.
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The Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 2 Series B: for the years 1966 to 1970
The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 2 Series B, for the years 1966 to 1970.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 2, for the years 1878 to 1880.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 20, for the years 1930 to 1933.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 21, for the years 1933 to 1938.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 22, for the years 1938 to 1942.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 23, for the years 1942 to 1944.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 24, for the years 1945 to 1948.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 25, for the years 1949 to 1951.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 26, for the years 1952 to 1954.
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