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An historical account of a new method for extracting the foul air out of ships, etc. with the description and draught of the machines, by which it is performed: in two letters to a friend / by Samuel Sutton.

  • Sutton, Samuel.
Date:
1749
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An historical account of a new method for extracting the foul air out of ships, etc. with the description and draught of the machines, by which it is performed: in two letters to a friend / by Samuel Sutton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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