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A44320 Lectiones Cutlerianæ, or, A collection of lectures, physical, mechanical, geographical, & astronomical made before the Royal Society on several occasions at Gresham Colledge : to which are added divers miscellaneous discourses / by Robert Hooke ... Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703. 1679 (1679) Wing H2617; ESTC R4280 276,083 420

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