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| Title | On the Relation Between the Holy Scriptures and Some Parts of Geological Science Congregational lecture, 6th series |
| Author | John Pye Smith |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Jackson and Walford, 1840 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 2 Oct 2006 |
| Length | 525 pages |
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