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The Nature of the Four Elements

Date of Composition and Printing, c. 1510-20 Reproduced in Facsimile, 1908

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Under the Supervision and Editorship of JOHN S. FARMER

The Pature of the — Four Elements

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Che Nature of the Four Elements

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