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| Title | A Manual of Astronomy and the Use of the Globes ... |
| Author | Henry Kiddle |
| Edition | 10 |
| Publisher | Ivison & Phinney, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 18 Mar 2008 |
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