Mechanical and engineering section: A meeting of the section was held in the Hall of the Thursday evening, April 24th, at 8 o'clock
โ Scribed by William E. Bullock
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1913
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 86 KB
- Volume
- 175
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-0032
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