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A new digester or engine for softning bones, : containing the description of its make and use in these particulars: viz. cookery, voyages at sea, confectionary, making of drinks, chymistry, and dying. With an account of the price a good big engine will cost, and of the profit it will afford

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1681.
Call number: 132574
Creator: Papin, Denis (1647-1714)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 4to
Associated organization: Bridgewater House Library,
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