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| Title | The popular encyclopedia; or, 'Conversations Lexicon': [ed. by A. Whitelaw from the Encyclopedia Americana]. Volume 8 of The popular encyclopedia; or, 'Conversations Lexicon': [ed. by A. Whitelaw from the Encyclopedia Americana], Popular encyclopedia |
| Author | Popular encyclopedia |
| Published | 1875 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Apr 2006 |
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