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A85533 The antiquity & excellency of globes what a globe is, and of the circles without the globe, what the horizon is ... moreover of the circles which are described on the superficies of the globes ... all which are proper to the celestiall and terrestiall globes, with their uses ... Grant, W. 1657 (1657) Wing G1524A; ESTC R42273 18,681 28

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