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Scientific American, Vol. 90, No. 17 (1904) (1904)

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ds of uncheerful things about The uses to which gilsonite and elaterite are put are fierce conflagrations that have devastated entire cities. varied. There is a big shortage in the world’s sup- He wondered whether there was no way of sleeping in ply of vegetable rubber, and these hydrocarbons are… … two pairs of steel snap hooks. That is all, but THE PORTMANTEAU FIRE ESCAPE, ing pitch; insulating electric wires; smokestack it certainly enables the possessor of this useful paint; coating poles, posts, and ties; lubricant article of baggage to rest easy in his bed in an Ameri- or wicks being…

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