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| Title | Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 36 |
| Author | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) |
| Publisher | The Institution, 1873 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 May 2007 |
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