The Triumphs of Steam: Or, Stories from the Lives of Watt, Arkwright, and Stephenson. By the Author of "Might Not Right," "Our Eastern Empire," "The Martyr Land," &c |
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| Title | The Triumphs of Steam: Or, Stories from the Lives of Watt, Arkwright, and Stephenson. By the Author of "Might Not Right," "Our Eastern Empire," "The Martyr Land," &c |
| Author | Mrs. E. Burrows |
| Publisher | Griffith and Farran, 1859 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Jul 2005 |
| Length | 263 pages |
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