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A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water, ancient and modern : with observations on various subjects connected with the mechanic arts: including the progressive development of the steam engine (1876)

Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York : Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 127

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