The Parr, Salmon, Whitling & Yellow-fin Controversy: with Authentic Reports of the Legal Judgments in the Scotch Provincial Courts and Judges' Notes in the Various Law-suits on the Question at Issue; and Also a Brief Sketch of Some Incidents Connected with the Dissemination of the Modern Parr Theories

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A. Heywood & son, 1883 - 217 sider

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