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A81552 A dissertation upon the beginning of the next century: and the solution of the problem to know which of the two years 1700 or 1701 is the first of the next century? With some considerations about the observation of the year of Jubilee. Translated out of French. 1699 (1699) Wing D1689A; ESTC R231939 10,762 33

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