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Scientific American, Vol. 56, No. 6 (1887) (1887)

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, and the whole is so fitted that it may be readily taken apart when required. a o4 Honor the Inventor. nan We regret that there is a disposition sometimes to speak sneeringly of the various patent devices that are Re brought to the attention of the public, and it is pos- pani, sible that there are… … are dead, nearly all of whom are forgotten and their Longitudinal Elevation of the Bridge and Viaduct. names unknown, save as they are written upon the musty records of the patent office. VN Unaided by the genius of the humble and some- THE POUGHKEEPSIE BRIDGE. times cranky inventors, the world…

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