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A93911 The artificers plain scale, or, The carpenters new rule in two parts ... : also, how to take heights and distances severall wayes, and to draw the plot of a town or city / by Thomas Stirrup, Philomat. Stirrup, Thomas. 1651 (1651) Wing S5686; Thomason E1375_3 21,744 129

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