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| Title | Manual of Mining Tools: Comprising Observations on the Materials From, and Processes by which They are Manufactured; Their Special Uses, Applications, Qualities, and Efficiency, Volume 1 Manual of Mining Tools: Comprising Observations on the Materials From, and Processes by which They are Manufactured; Their Special Uses, Applications, Qualities, and Efficiency, William Morgans Volume 172 of Weale's rudimentary series |
| Illustrated by | William Morgans |
| Publisher | Lockwood & Company, 1871 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 207 pages |
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