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Scientific American, Vol. 87, No. 11 (1902) (1902)

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e ponderous ma- fords the Piddock its only means of communication with the outside world, and is usually thrust out to chinery had to be landed across the surf in lighters. the surface ready to extract the animalcules from the Not a piece was missing, however, when they were all sea-water, upon… … tion. which it lies, as its growth necessitates. After dis- PIDDOCKS IN THEIR ROCK-DWELLING The cost of building, machinery and pipe is about continuing its boring, its muscular foot is gradually $350,000, and it is believed that it will more than pay absorbed and the orifice through which it…

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