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| Title | Transactions of the Society Instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Volumes 19-20 |
| Author | Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) |
| Published | 1801 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | May 25, 2007 |
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