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[Shapiro, Fred]

mechanical engineering (OED 1851)

1849 _John Bull_ 17 Nov. 727 (19th Century U.K. Periodicals)  BOOKS RECEIVED. ... Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Cicil and Naval Architrectgure, Building, Ecclesiastical and Early Art, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Fine Art, Mining, and Surveying, &c,  By John Weale.


Fred Shapiro

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