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| Title | A TREATISE ON THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF LEVELLING |
| Author | FREDERICK W. SIMMS |
| Published | 1870 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Feb 2006 |
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