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Scientific American, Vol. 81, No. 21 (1899) (1899)

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front ratchet-wheel mwniddle water height. Everything was found in good this means the base will be broadened and exert itself and a rear ratchet-wheel, the two being riveted to- order except a defect in tightness or soundness of a over a larger portion of the sail. I have used flexible gether and… … were visible. SIDE VIEW, SHOWING MANNER OF FASTENING Now all this takes time, and time is of supreme im- THE WIRE. portance. Before the eclipse we know the position of the sun and of the planets and stars around. Why Advantages derived from gathering the vortex near the The wire readily slips over…

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