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To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled : it is humbly proposed, that (in the bill for giving encouragment, to such as shall find out the longitude at sea) a clause may be added, for rewarding such person or persons, as shall discover the perpetual motion, the Philosophers Stone, and the ballance of trade and power.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[London? : publisher not identified, circa 1670?]
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Longitude > Early works to 1800. Inventions > Awards > Early works to 1800. Broadsides > England > 17th century.
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