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| Title | An Elementary Treatise on Algebra, Theoretical and Practical: With Attempts to Simplify Some of the More Difficult Parts of the Science ... Intended for the Use of Students |
| Author | John Radford Young |
| Publisher | Carey & Lea, 1832 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 27 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 352 pages |
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