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Scientific American, Vol. 74, No. 18 (1896) (1896)

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observatory near the city of Guatemala. being carried back and knotted, tobe engaged by a proper. Among the special features of the apparatus The Sack Tree.—From a species of Antiaris (the hook secured to the breast collar of the harness. used is an anemometer of special design. A T-shaped genus… … Seeds as Weights.—The beautiful black spotted scar- main width of about 8,400 feet. On the nearer side of let seeds called love pease (Abrus precatorius), which this zone the sound is heard perfectly. But when it is are much used for necklaces and other ornamental traversed, the sound weakens…

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