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| Title | Treatise on Mathematical Instruments: Their Construction, Adjustment, Testing and Use Concisely Explained Weale's rudimentary series |
| Author | John Fry Heather |
| Edition | 8 |
| Publisher | Virtue Bros. & Company, 1866 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 1 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 185 pages |
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