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Baker, H. F, Principles of Geometry. Demy 8vo. 

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Burns, P. F. Reason- Why Arithmetic Course. Large 

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Garter, S. Arithmetic and the Elements of Commerce. 

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Gzuber. Mathematische Bevolkerungstheorie. (Leipzig 

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Eddington, A. S. Raum, Zeit und Schwere : ein 

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Gray, John, and Smith, Francis J. A New Sequence 

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Julia, Gaston. Lemons sur les fonctions uniformes 

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Lorentz, H. A., Einstein, A., Minkowski, H., and 

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Romilly, P. Worms de. Quelques Reflexions sur la 

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Sohrutka. Zahlenrechnen. (Leipzig und Berlin : B.C. 

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