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| Title | Manual of Mining Tools: Comprising Observations on the Materials from |
| Author | William Morgans |
| Publisher | Lockwood & Company, 1871 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 207 pages |
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