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A26162 The faithfull surveyour discovering divers errours in land measuring, and showing how to measure all manner of ground, and to plot it, and to prove the shutting by the chain onely ... / by George Atwell. Atwell, George. 1658 (1658) Wing A4163; ESTC R24190 96,139 143

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