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Scientific American, Vol. 53, No. 20 (1885) (1885)

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is paper with great facility two miles away. On Wednes- shown in Fig. 1. | The dimensions of the apparatus are of~ course de- The left hand part of the half hitch is passed under termined by the load to be lifted and the distance pounds. Last night the pressure was only nine pounds. which it is… … tered. The details of the possible, A passes the loop THE PENDULUM TITAN. machine have been care- on his side tightly around | and partly underneath his half of the pack. Then B, in number, built like an oil well derrick, and extend to made of wrought iron. grasping the rope at c¢, Fig. 3, pulls…

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