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The grooved rail and the open highway

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1925.
Call number: 651424
Creator: Lyon, Elias Potter (1867-1937)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of The Longo Family Trust, Lawrence D. and Betty Jeanne Longo, Trustees, 2015. Ink stamp of the Library of the School of Medicine Yale University, on first page.
Dimensions: 23 cm
Associated people: Longo, Lawrence D.,; Longo, Betty Jeanne,
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