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A28938 The aerial noctiluca, or, Some new phœnomena, and a process of a factitious self-shining substance imparted in a letter to a friend living in the country / by the honourable Robert Boyle ... Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. 1680 (1680) Wing B3925; ESTC R22714 34,311 115

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