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Quotation dates: 1670
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Theoricall, adj. [e.m.E. theoricall (1571), theorical (1619); Theorick(e n.] Theoretical. — 1670 Edinb. B. Rec. X 93.
The great improvements that may be made of the pendulum for many other desirable ends and uses off mathematicks, geometrie, astronomy, sphericall and theoricall geography
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