Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	world_n	year_n	zeal_n	32	3	7.5095	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31214	Of the mensuration of running waters an excellent piece written in Italian by Don Benedetto Castelli ... ; Englished from the third and best edition ; with the addition of a second book not before extant / by Thomas Salusbury.; Della misura dell'acque correnti. English	Castelli, Benedetto, 1577 or 8-1643.; Salusbury, Thomas. Mathematical collections.	1661 (1661)	Wing C1222; ESTC R19153	102,705	134

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