The Nineteenth Century , No 182, Apr 1892 [‎5v] (15/244)

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The N ineteenth Century Advertiser , A pbil 1892.
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PIONEERS OF ELECTRICITY; or, Short Lives of the
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well. By J. Munro , Author of 'Electricity and its
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