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Scientific American, Vol. 1, No. 17 (1859) (1859)

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ances, which The well-known process of abstracting heat by vapor- we find in illuminating gas, consists of two gallons of hy- ization of some volatile liquid was the basis of our ex- drogen and two gallons of the vapor of carbon, all con- periments, and hydro-chloric ether seemed the best adapted… … feebler. of the size required for our MARSHALL'S PATENT COFFIN. The burning of gas, like business, with an air-tight the burning of everything compartment around the else, consists simply in combining it with oxygen. The sequent difficulty of handling and transportation. The whole circumference, 3…

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