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THE WALNEY RELICS.
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Office of the Admiralty. It is interesting as showing the antiquity of a most ingenious and useful device, thanks to which dividers can be opened or closed by a person who has but one hand free for their manipulation.
The abdication of Richard II., in 1399, put an end to the dynasty of the Angevin kings in England.
Double Iron-bound Blocks
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