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| Title | A Historical Account of Useful Inventions and Scientific Discoveries: Being a Manual Ofinstructions and Entertainment |
| Author | George Grant (author of Panorama of science.) |
| Publisher | Partridge and Oakey, 1852 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 3 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 251 pages |
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