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| Title | Valves and Valve-gearing: A Practical Text-book for the Use of Engineers, Draughtsmen, and Students |
| Author | Charles Hurst |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Chas. Griffin, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 May 2007 |
| Length | 153 pages |
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