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Scientific American, Vol. 83, No. 4 (1900) (1900)

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THROUGH NIAGARA WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS IN A including Cuba, with 38 millions. The figure for Ven- BOAT. ezuela is 50 millions; for Colombia, 25 millions; for On July 9, Peter Nissen, of Chicago, made a success- Peru and Ecuador, 25 and 30 millions respectively, with ful trip through the Whirlpool Rapids… … went, receiving a crushing blow as he Deaf and Dumb has made him a entered every succeeding wave until cheerful inmate, as he carries on con- the stanch craft and its master finally United States. It thus appears that the capital en- entered the Whirlpool. But he was not yet safe. versation with…

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