[Patents for justifying and setting type / F. McClintock]. [1898-1899]

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[Patents for justifying and setting type / F. McClintock]. [1898-1899]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39046788

[304] p. in varying pagings : ill. ; 29 cm.

University of Delaware Library, Hugh M Morris Library

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University of Delaware Library, Hugh M Morris Library

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