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A49295 A summary of material heads which may be enlarged and improved into a compleat answer to Dr. Burnet's Theory of the earth digested into an essay by a pensioner of the Charter-House. Lovell, Archibald. 1696 (1696) Wing L3242; ESTC R2876 19,436 30

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