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Scientific American, Vol. 56, No. 7 (1887) (1887)

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es will rise. Now, insert this tube digger, recently made at Thetford, Eng., by Burrell in a cup of stagnant water, and the water will readily makers of any given article. Take mowers and enter it, rising perhaps several inches above the sur- reapers, for instance. There are numerous patterns of… … of a thousand uses. The people of Hon- body enough in the color, there is no dan- duras convert it into thread for sewing boots and shoes, ger that it cannot be made to work well. Such a rib- and into nets, fish lines, and cordage. The finest ham- bon is not affected by the dryness or humidity of…

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