The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, Volume 7Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1856 - Industrial arts |
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| Title | The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, Volume 7 Museum of Comparative Zoology--Biodiversity Heritage Library digitization project |
| Contributors | David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, William Ripley Nichols, Charles Robert Cross |
| Publisher | Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1856 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | May 24, 2007 |
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