Beecham's help to scholars : containing arithmetical tables and signs, weights and measures, tables of the metric system, geographical and geometrical definitions, sol-fa modulator, and other useful information arranged progressively / Beecham's Pills, Ltd.

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[1929?]
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Credit: Beecham's help to scholars : containing arithmetical tables and signs, weights and measures, tables of the metric system, geographical and geometrical definitions, sol-fa modulator, and other useful information arranged progressively / Beecham's Pills, Ltd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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