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A57681 The Abyssinian philosophy confuted, or, Tellvris theoria neither sacred not agreeable to reason being for the most part a translation of Petrus Ramazzini, Of the wonderful springs of Modena : illustrated with many curious remarks and experiments by the author and translator : to which is added a new hypothesis deduced from Scripture and the observation of nature : with an addition of some miscellany experiments / by Robert St. Clair ...; Defontium Mutinènsium admiranda scaturgine tractatus physico-hydrostaticis. English Ramazzini, Bernardino, 1633-1714.; St. Clair, Robert N. 1697 (1697) Wing R199; ESTC R3670 79,203 302

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