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Scientific American, Vol. 21, No. 21 (1869) (1869)

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ed glass upon glass In the early days of refining in this country stills of a ca- tambour of the dome comprises two stories, the first orna- and glazed ware, or by cementing together fragments of pacity of from 15 to 200 barrels were used. Lately tank shaped mented with disengaged columns in pairs;… … THE STATE CAPITOL OF ILLINOIS. glass on to the frasments. The glass, after it is pounded, is surmounted by a lantern. There isa balustrade on the top tuted. These stills are filled with crude oil, and fire applied in the furnaces beneath them, and as the heat increases it of the entablature of the…

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