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| Título | Light Science for Leisure Hours: A Series of Familiar Essays on Scientific Subjects, Natural Phenomena, &c. &c |
| Autor | Richard Anthony Proctor |
| Editor | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1871 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 21 Jun. 2006 |
| Largo | 316 páginas |
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