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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS
VOLUME 76, NUMBER 2

HISTORY OF ELECTRIC LIGHT

BY
HENRY SCHROEDER
Harrison, New Jersey

FOR THE INCREASE
AND DIFFVSION OF
KNOWLEDGE AMONG MEN

SMITHSONIAN
INSTITVTION
WASHINGTON 1846

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