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Scientific American, Vol. 61, No. 3 (1889) (1889)

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It consists of upright posts or stakes, braces, ably mounted ona post carrying a fixed shaft on which lic circuit basis at once. horizontal rails, and fastening devices, as will be seen He has just placed with the Western Electric Com- turns loosely a wheel connected by a belt with suitable by the… … ernment amounted in 1888 to $6.32 per capita of popula- ing block, is placed between the tion. The expenditures of the government, not includ- posts to keep them a proper dis- two sets of ratchet teeth standing in opposite direc- ing payment ofthe national debt, amounted to $4.47 tance apart, this…

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