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uHeHded J0r me Engineering PT0feSSiOn.
Edited by OLIVER BrRNE, formerly Professor Of
Mathematics, College Of Civil Engineers, London ;
.fuihor aud Inventor Of The Calculus Of Form, -
"Ihs Men and Iasprooed System Of Logarilhin,s, -
"Ihe EiementsQf Euciidby Coiors, ETC, etc, etc.
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