emperature very nearly equal to that produced by nitrate of and at first sight remind one of the ordinary river boat beam of New York nearly, if not fully, as much as those of Phila- ammonia alone. It is thus that, in making mixtures in engine, with however a solid instead of the skeleton beam.… … it more bulky. This was der to have these connect- the first attempt to mea- ing rods of as perfect ma- sure the specific gravity of different substances.—Miss Buck- parts and the nitrate of ammonia in the proportion of from terial as possible, they were built up entirely of worn-out ley. 99 to 60…
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