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This is a scanned image (300 dpi high-contrast JPEG) of a page from an old book, The New Student's Reference Work, 5 volumes, Chicago, 1914 (edited by Chandler B. Beach (1839-1928), A.M., associate editor Frank Morton McMurry (1862-1936), Ph.D.), scanned by User:LA2 in October 2005. This work is in the public domain because of its age: it was published in the United States before 1920. Scanned images are named Image:LA2-NSRW-1-0001.jpg and counting upwards.

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