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| Title | On the Undulatory Theory of Optics: Designed for the Use of Students in the University |
| Author | George Biddell Airy |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1866 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 159 pages |
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