The torpedo : a poem to the electrical eel, addressed to Mr. John Hunter, and dedicated to the Right Honourable Lord Cholmondely / [James Perry].

The torpedo : a poem to the electrical eel, addressed to Mr. John Hunter, surgeon, and dedicated to the Right Honourable Lord Cholmondely / [James Perry].

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