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Scientific American, Vol. 80, No. 12 (1899) (1899)

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Evidently some preservative Sampsonu’s Sword. attired, even down to the white kid gloves. Some substance was used to prevent decomposition. The The special committee having in charge the selec- are erect against the wall, and others again buried in skins had been wrapped snugly around the bodies… … series of vaulted of the Rear-Ad- chambers above miral. The sleeves the ground, so of the scabbard are to beof gold and the rings. are possible. As the flesh shrank the covering also shrank, that there is no need of artificial daylight. Around municipal fasces held to the sleeve by ship’s cables.…

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