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Some Observations Sent from the East-Indies; Being in Answer to Some Queries Sent Thitherby Richard Waller, Esq; F. R. S.Author(s): Richard WallerSource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 20 (1698), pp. 273-277Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/102528.

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