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Scientific American, Vol. 5, No. 25 (1861) (1861)

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ollowing case respecting the preservation of pota- the Manhattan Gas Works, foot of Fourteenth street, after which it piles it at any desired hight, or dis- toes. He says :—“I had an old ice well of the ordi- East river, this city, where it has been employed in charges it upon the ground. nary… … of “block and tackle,’’and feet, which were not re- from the lower movable moved until after one or block, E, it passes to the windlass, which is operated one tun of coal in the scoop ata time, running it two years, when they were found quite sound and by a steam engine or any suitable power. On…

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