Beckmann, J., A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins
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Translated from the German, By William Johnston. Fourth Edition, carefully revised and enlarged by William Francis, Ph.D., F.L.S., Editor Of the Chemical Gazette; and J. W. Griffith, M.D., F.L.S., Licentiate of The Royal College of Physicians. London: Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden.1846.
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