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Scientific American, Vol. 20, No. 3 (1869) (1869)

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mith, near London, sents a perspective view of a horse hay rake which offers some tro-glycerin, simply by employing for its explosion a fuse to Nov. and Dec., 1818, and August, 1819. We do not oe points believed to be improvements not found on other ma- which is attached a small detonating charge.… … gun-cotton applied in the new the rear of the machine. The sep- ‘manner have furnished results quite equal to those obtained with nitro-glycerin, and have proved conclusively, that if gun- If no mention can be found of a velocipede prior to ‘cotton is exploded by detonation, it is unnecessary to…

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