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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Whitin 1905, p. 5.
- ↑ Worthington 1827, p. 79-81.
- ↑ Whitin 1905, p. 7.
- 1 2 Dwight 1874, p. 103.
- ↑ Whitin 1905, p. 6.