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Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901) Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 76
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