Great Firsts of Science

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George [oacbim Rbeticus, printed a preliminary account in the Narratio Prima ( Danzig,. 1540) ; this was reprinted at Basel, 1541. The complete exposition, a ...
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I Great Firsts

of Science

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HERBERT MO. EVANS

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