 These results are useful as far as they go, but they do not go far enough, and the particulars of the table might be simplified and amended.  Report of the Annual Meeting - Page 92by British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1858Full view - About this book
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 | Early English newspapers - 1840 - 954 pages
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