Roberts-Austen: A Record of His Work. Being a Selection of the Addresses and Metallurgical Papers, Together with an Account of the Researches of Sir William Chandler Roberts-Austen. Memorial VolumeC. Griffin, limited, 1914 - 382 pages |
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