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| Title | The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume 25 Volume 25 of Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Enlarged and Improved The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Hugh Chisholm |
| Editor | Hugh Chisholm |
| Edition | 11 |
| Publisher | [Cambridge] University Press, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Jul 2, 2007 |
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