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| Title | The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Shu to Tom Volume 26 of The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information |
| Edition | 11 |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Nov 6, 2007 |
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