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Scientific American, Vol. 76, No. 24 (June 1897) (1897)

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o the rail, the front Prof. John Van Den- truck is disconnected, burg delivered an in- and is run far enough teresting lecture at the away to admit of the Academy of Sciences, engine being backed San Francisco, recently into position, when, upon the Gila monster. by means of a winch He says :… … tile which sank into the LOADING THE TRUCK WITH A FIRE ENGINE. widely separated towns flesh of Dr. Schufert, will enable such fire and as the secretion of the glands of the upper jaw character of rail fastenings, length of time in which trucks to be used with great effect, as, in case of a was…

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