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|Title||:||A New Universal Dictionary of the Marine, Being, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Usually Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Machinery, Movements, and Military, as Well as Naval, Operations of the Ships; with Such Parts of Astronomy, and Navigation, as Will be Found Useful to Practical Navigators (etc.)|
|Author||:||William I Falconer, William Burney|