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Scientific American, Vol. 38, No. 19 (1878) (1878)

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The elevation is com- of the under cutter head to carry the lumber clear from the principally consists in substituting a piano wire. This, after machine after the lower cylinder has done its work, which is paratively recent. Alacrane Reef will serve as an epitome running out, leaves the shot, with… … the ocean. <A rope was so fast- jute, which, it is said, will be ened to the dredge that it no in operation in less than two longer tended to bury itself. months. Jute seed has been After this had been successfully tried, a further improve- neighboring coast of South America, and Professor Agassiz…

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