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"ref": "1843, Humphry Davy, “On the fire-damp of coal mines, and on methods of lighting the mines so as to prevent its explosion”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, number 31 December 1833 volume 2, republished online 1 January 1997",
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"ref": "1942 July–August, Philip Spencer, “On the Footplate in Egypt”, in Railway Magazine, page 208",
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"ref": "1999, John Harmon McElroy, editor, The Sacrificial Years: A Chronicle of Walt Whitman's Experiences in the Civil War, page 29",
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