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4351 SFORTUNATI (Giovanni, da Siena) Nvovo LUME. LIBRI di ARITHMETICA, intitulato : 

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4355 SHAD WELL (Arthur, M.B.) The LONDON WATER SUPPLY, post 8vo. d. (out of print], 2s Gd 

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4356 SHADWELL (Adml. Sir Charles Frederick Alexander, F.R.S.) TABLES for FACILITATING 

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Probably owe of the fullest treatises on the subject ever published. The author claims to have had unique opportunities 

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4366 SHAW (Thomas George) WINE, the VINE, and the CELLAR, with woodcuts, large 8vo. cl., 5s 

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4367 SHAW (William N.) HEAT (Practical Work at the Cavendish Laboratory), woodcuts, Svo. 

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