Identifier: journaloftransac311899vict (find matches)
Title: Journal of the transactions of the Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of Great Britain
Year: 1866 (1860s)
Authors: Victoria Institute (Great Britain)
Subjects: Religion and science
Publisher: London, The Victoria Institute
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian

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