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- ↑ Australia on the Map, 1606-2006: Ages 11. R.I.C. Publications. 2005. p. 30. ISBN 9781741263596.
- ↑ "Historical Anatomies on the Web: Speigel & Casseri:: Author & Title Description". www.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ↑ "Gaspare Aselli - Italian physician". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ↑ "Collection Highlight: Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum". rbscp.lib.rochester.edu. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ↑ "January 25 : Anglo-Irish chemist Robert Boyle was born on this day in 1627". www.rsc.org. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ↑ "John Ray". www.ucmp.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ↑ Long, Isaac Le (1793). Kabinet van Nederlandsche en Kleefsche oudheden (in Dutch). by J.A. Crajenschot. p. 416.
- ↑ Roiss, Silvia; Gil, Carlos Fortea (2011). En las vertientes de la traducción e interpretación del/al alemán (in Spanish). Frank & Timme GmbH. p. 185. ISBN 9783865963260.
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