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Scientific American, Vol. 65, No. 16 (1891) (1891)

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ed into a hook to engage one sideof the head of Aspen, Col. The drums or windlasses of the appara- swung to one side, and when the staples have been the rail, the other side being engaged by a hook piv- forced down into place the cap is carried over them, oted to the arm and locked in place by a… … crete work yet done in this vicinity. The structure is absolutely fireproof, which is larger than the other. On the smaller drums and intended also to be earthquake-proof. It is are wound the hoisting ropes, which pass over pulleys built on the system patented by Mr. Ransome, so on a shaft in a…

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