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121 ANTONI (Alessandro Vittorio Papacino d') TREATISE on GUN-POWDER, FIRE-ARMS, and 

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122 APOLLONIUS Perg-aeus : CONICORUM Libri VIII, et SERENI ANTISSENSIS de Sectione 

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134 ARAGO (Francois Jean Dominique) (EuVRES COMPLETES, publiees d'apres son ordre sous la 

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139 ARATA (Pedro N.) APUNTES de QUIMICA, 3ra Edicion ; with portraits and diagrams, 3 vols. 

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