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Scientific American, Vol. 11, No. 40 (1856) (1856)

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NUMBER 40. VOLUME XI. been sufficiently bountiful, she supplies salt THE from the “bowels of the earth”? We have Scientific American, salt mines yielding “rock salt,” and salt … cesspools, &c. The sulphate of zinc, however, tance to its revolutions. Upon this theory M. Improved Force and Lift Pump. When the piston rises, valve I shuts; a va- is nearly as good, is cheaper, andis more Foucault has based his machine. A thick Our engraving illustrates the pump of Mr. cuum is…

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