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Calculating machines and instruments : catalogue of the collections in the Science Museum

by D. Baxandall, Jane Pugh

Originally published in 1982, this volume provides a handlist of reference books compiled to assist historians of science with their research and analysis.

Accession 12913 ISBN 0901805149 Publisher Science Museum
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