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| Title | Teneriffe, an astronomer's experiment |
| Author | C. Piazzi Smyth |
| Publisher | Lovell Reeve, 1858 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | Sep 5, 2011 |
| Length | 451 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / Astronomy Science / Astrophysics & Space Science |
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