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Scientific American, Vol. 55, No. 18 (1886) (1886)

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a auu provided machinery to force the water supposed to be perpendicu- of the brook into tanks in his house for domestic use. lar to the rim of the basin As the operations of the colliery grew and the discharge a ditch sixteen feet long, of mine water increased, the water of tke brook be- two and a… … earbonate of lime as to render the use of the pick necessary in removing it. This dike is impervious to Bry. 2. water, and, as shown in Fig. 2, has an inclination at this point of about 75° He then sued the coal company totally unfit for use. which is taken to the wards for administration in south…

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