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| Title | Exercises in Algebra: Being Systematically Arranged and Adapted to the Gradual Progress of Young Pupils in Academies and Schools with a Key for the Use of the Teacher |
| Author | Francis Joseph Grund |
| Publisher | Carter, Hendee and Company, 1833 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 197 pages |
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