Mirabilia, Or, The Wonders of Nature and Art: Comprising Upwards of Three Hundred of the Most Remarkable Curiosities and Phenomena in the Known World : with an Appendix of Interesting Experiments, in Different Arts and Sciences, for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People : Selected from the Researches of Eminent Travellers, Historians, and NaturalistsJoseph Taylor F.J. Mason, Holywell Street, Strand, 1829 - 568 halaman |
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