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microfiche

a sheet of film, usually the size of a filing card, on which books, newspapers, documents, etc., can be recorded in miniaturized form

microfiche

[′mī·krə‚fēsh]

(graphic arts)

A microfilm card or sheet used in some information storage systems; consists of a film format about 4 by 6 inches (10 by 15 centimeters) containing microimages of type and other information, with a title heading large enough to be read by the unaided eye.

microfiche

Pronounced "micro-feesh." A 4x6" sheet of film that holds several hundred miniaturized document pages. See micrographics.

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Ottawa, ICMH collection de microfiches (no 61199); Report at large of the trial of Charles de Reinhard, for murder, (committed in the Indian territories,) at a court of oyer and terminer, held at Quebec, May 1818: to which is annexed, a summary of Archibald M'Lellan's, indicted as an accessory (by William S.

22 p), Ottawa, ICMH collection de microfiches (no 20832) [McLane, Proces]; The trial of David M'Lane for high treason, before a special court of over and terminer at Quebec, on the 7th July, 1797 (Quebec : Printed and sold by J.

La publication de proces et la constitution d'un espace public au Quebec / Bas-Canada

Pasadena; (818) 405-4052: 1,500 genealogy books, 100,000 microfilm and 750 microfiche records; West Virginia history collection; histories of Mexico in Spanish and English; family history collections.

San Fernando Road, Burbank; (818) 843-7247: More than 7,000 genealogy books, 50 microfilm and more than 2,000 microfiche records.

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