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| Title | Motive Powers and Their Practical Selection |
| Author | Reginald Pelham Bolton |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1894 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | Aug 16, 2007 |
| Length | 257 pages |
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