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| Title | Elementary algebra, with brief notices of its history Elementary algebra, with brief notices of its history, Robert Potts |
| Author | Robert Potts |
| Published | 1879 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 Sep 2006 |
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