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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67373	A brief letter from a young Oxonian to one of his late fellow-pupils upon the subject of magnetism	Wallis, John, 1616-1703.	1697 (1697)	Wing W562; ESTC R212965	9,938	17

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