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A60144 Practical reflections on the late earthquakes in Jamaica, England, Sicily, Malta, &c., anno 1692 with a particular, historical account of those, and divers other earthquakes / by John Shower. Shower, John, 1657-1715. 1693 (1693) Wing S3680; ESTC R31944 73,148 226

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