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Scientific American, Vol. 58, No. 14 (1888) (1888)

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arinate scales, by painting it with linseed oil. M. Chevalier cites an stated that when a package from China containing and supported on each side by a subcutaneous thick- some fresh vegetable matter and some dried substances instance of this nature, in the sail room at the arsenal ening, having… … seems to be making observa- cotton is baled; it is subjected tions. to an enormous pressure. If During the three weeks that our specimen remained M. Fonssagrives states that the temperature of the cotton is greasy, or evendamp, it ferments, becomes at the menagerie, it absolutely refused all kinds…

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