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| Title | Monthly Journal of Science, and Annals of Biology, Astronomy, Geology, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology, Volume 6 |
| Editors | James Samuelson, William Crookes |
| Publisher | J. Churchill and Sons, 1869 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2007 |
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