Rewards to one Inventor

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We see in the list of awards at the exhibition of the Southern Central Agricultural Society, and the State Mechanical Institute, Georgia, held on the 22nd of last month, thit our friend, A. D. Brown, of Opelika, Ga., was awarded three prizes, one a silver cup for the best cotton press; a silver cup for the best horse power, and a silver cup lor the best bookbinders' presses. A solution ot shellac (which can be made by dissolving the shellac in alcohol) applied to joints affected with rheumatism, it is said will allay the acute pain and afford prompt relief.

Scientific American Magazine Vol 8 Issue 10This article was published with the title “Rewards to one Inventor” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 10 (), p. 78
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican11201852-78g

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