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Title: Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology
Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17

Author: John T. Schlebecker

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Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology--Number 17

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINES IN THE COLLECTION OF
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY

by

JOHN T. SCHLEBECKER

[Illustration]

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