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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Lor to Mun Volume 17 of The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information |
| Edition | 11 |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Jan 31, 2008 |
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