Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 37Devonshire Press, 1905 List of members in each volume. |
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| Title | Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 37 |
| Author | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art |
| Publisher | Devonshire Press, 1905 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 27 Jul 2006 |
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