A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of Every Branch of Human Knowledge; with the Derivation and Definition of All the Terms in General UseWilliam Thomas Brande Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1423 páginas |
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