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| Title | The Encyclopędia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume 7 The Encyclopędia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Hugh Chisholm |
| Editor | Hugh Chisholm |
| Edition | 11 |
| Publisher | At the University Press, 1910 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 2 Jul 2007 |
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