Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

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book_n	call_v	time_n	year_n	3,095	5	4.4824	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51133	Dioptrica nova, A treatise of dioptricks in two parts : wherein the various effects and appearances of spherick glasses, both convex and concave, single and combined, in telescopes and microscopes, together with their usefulness in many concerns of humane life, are explained / by William Molyneux of Dublin, Esq. ...	Molyneux, William, 1656-1698.; Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.	1692 (1692)	Wing M2405; ESTC R3440	201,330	332

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