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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 288




NEW YORK, JULY 9, 1881

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XI, No. 288.

Scientific American established 1845

Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year.

Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.


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 TABLE OF CONTENTS.

I.   ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS--Dry Air