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A96283 Merlini Anglici errata. Or, The errors, mistakes, and mis-applications of Master Lilly's new ephemeris for the yeare 1647. Discovered, refuted, and corrected. By C. George Wharton, student in astronomy. Wharton, George, Sir, 1617-1681. 1646 (1646) Wing W1553; Thomason E1180_4; Thomason C.54.aa.1(4); ESTC R207525 23,266 63

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