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Bibliographic information
| Title | Arts and Sciences: Or, Fourth Division of "The English Encyclopedia", Volume 4 Arts and Sciences: Or, Fourth Division of "The English Encyclopedia", Charles Knight Part 4 of English cyclopedia |
| Editor | Charles Knight |
| Publisher | Bradbury, Evans & Company, 1867 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 10 Nov 2007 |
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