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A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)

Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 309

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