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| Title | Useful Information for Engineers: Being a Series of Lectures Useful Information for Engineers: Being a Series of Lectures, Sir William Fairbairn |
| Author | Sir William Fairbairn |
| Published | 1860 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Apr 2006 |
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