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Charles Babbage and His Rejected Ophthalmoscope

CHARLES SNYDER
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Arch Ophthalmol. 1964;71(4):591-593. doi:10.1001/archopht.1964.00970010607027
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SNYDER C. Charles Babbage and His Rejected Ophthalmoscope. Arch Ophthalmol. 1964;71(4):591–593. doi:10.1001/archopht.1964.00970010607027

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