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| Title | Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Volume 24 Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, American Philosophical Society Volume 24 of Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, American Philosophical Society |
| Author | American Philosophical Society |
| Publisher | American Philosophical Society., 1887 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Mar 28, 2007 |
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