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| Title | Arithmetic, Practically Applied, for Advanced Pupils, and for Private Reference: Designed as a Sequel to Any of the Ordinary Text-books on the Subject |
| Authors | Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase |
| Publisher | E.H. Butler & Company, 1857 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2005 |
| Length | 370 pages |
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