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    <title>general compendium, or, Abstract of chemical, experimental, and natural philosophy</title>
    <subTitle>to which is added a complete system of commerce, the whole digested into the form of distinct treatises, comprehending the history, theory, and practice of each, according to the latest discoveries and improvements, selected from the best authorities in several languages, from the earliest ages down to the present times</subTitle>
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    <title>Abstract of chemical, experimental, and natural philosophy</title>
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    <namePart>Vancouver, Charles</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">active 1785-1813</namePart>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Charles Vancouver ... ; In four volumes, vol. I.</note>
  <note>LC copies appear to be incomplete, p. 48 ends mid-sentence.</note>
  <note>No more published.</note>
  <note>Signatures: [A]⁴ B-G⁴.</note>
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    <topic>Early works to 1800</topic>
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