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"ref": "1916 March 25, Irvin S. Cobb, “\"Unaccustomed as I am—\"”, in Saturday Evening Post:",
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{
"ref": "1964 December, “New Books”, in Modern Railways, page 429:",
"text": "THE POCKET ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF BRITISH STEAM LOCOMOTIVES. By O. S. Nock. Blandford Press. 18s.\nMr. Nock, he remarks in his preface, was \"incredulous\" when the idea of this book of 192 colour gravure illustrations of a representative collection of British steam locomotives from Locomotion to BR's Evening Star was broached to him.",
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"A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder."
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"feminine"
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"sense": "printing method",
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}
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}
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