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Scientific American, Vol. 72, No. 25 (1895) (1895)

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ient to pro- Steven & Struthers last year. It is of the largest dia- the party has been stationed. Elephants, specially vide a sixteen candle power light, which would burn a sufficiently long time for the purposes of shooting. trained for the purpose, are employed, and they are meter (16 feet)… … machan or platform burner having six concentric wicks. over a cow or over an animal he has This apparatus was killed. At present made in accordance I use a battery of six large cells, filled with sal ammo- adapted for big game shooting in the Rockies, where with Messrs. Stevenson’s design by…

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