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A44128 A discourse concerning time with application of the natural day and lunar month and solar year as natural, and of such as are derived from them, as artificial parts of time, for measures in civil and common use : by William Holder. Holder, William, 1616-1698. 1694 (1694) Wing H2385; ESTC R30776 35,684 130

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