Nature, Volume 89

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Sir Norman Lockyer
Macmillan Journals Limited, 1912
 

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Page 187 - Volume XV. of The International Scientific Series. VYNER (Lady Mary). Every day a Portion. Adapted from the Bible and the Prayer Book, for the Private...
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