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Scientific American, Vol. 12, No. 13 (1865) (1865)

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desired. At ready for use in the cais- the bottom the springs of sons. This invention was one section are all at- first successfully tested by tached to a long slat, O. Capt. Gibbs, U.S.A., at These fitin the bed frame, Fort Wayne, Mich., and as all others do. From subsequently at the Wash-… … under great pressure, and is decided- York and Washington—229 miles— ly less liable to crush down under goes through in from 11 to 12 hours, CANNON. heavy weight; being untrammeled, being about half the speed of the © 1865 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC

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