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Scientific American, Vol. 81, No. 27 (December 1899) (1899)

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detail we must first refer our readers to theaccompanying drawing. The mercury falls from an upper bowl about 4 feet indiameter to one some 7 feet below, and about 7J^ feetin diameter. This entire device is coated with blackpaint to show off the silver. The price of mercuryruns at about 2/6 per… … QUICKSILVEB FOUNTAIN AT EABLS COUBT,LONDON. Mr. Charles Bright, F.R.S.E., the well-known Eng-lish electrical engineer, has recently devised a completenovelty in fountains for the Queensland governmentsshow at the Earls Court Exhibition, in which it nowforms the main center of attraction. Its raison…

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