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Scientific American, Vol. 64, No. 15 (1891) (1891)

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deposit upon the into the arteries of the cadaver a sterilizing liquid A coal having the following composition, viz., 6 ewt. skin of the cadaver, and soon form thereon a continu- whose composition varies, and little attention is paidas of volatile constituents, 12 cwt. of fixed carbon, and ous… … electric current is furnish- salt, 500,000 tons; other ELECTROPLATING THE DEAD. ed by three small Chau- products of mines and dron thermo-electric bat- quarries, 100,000 tons; teries. A circular, toothed metallic contact descends from the top plate and rests lightly upon the vertex of manufactures,…

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