The southern press., 1851-04-10
WASHINGTON CITY, THURSDAY, APRIL lo 1851
MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES

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Edited by OLIvER BxnSx, formerly Professor Of
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/. Bib'iotheque dss Arts lndustriels. (AlassoL,
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