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| Title | The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology, 15. köide |
| Editors | James Samuelson, Sir William Crookes |
| Publisher | J. Churchill and Sons., 1878 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 juuni 2007 |
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