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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1889, page 360, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041889/page/16/