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Feather Bucket Water Wheel
A Southern Factory
New England Accumulations
Hudson River Railroad
The Ballston Railroad Disaster
Meteoric Iron in South Carolina
Largest Steamboat in the World
Expences of California Emigration
Population of the World
Meals on the North River Boats
Ericsson's Condensing and Distilling Apparatus
The Mining Population of England
Arrival of Mr. Alexander Bain
The Magnetic Telegraph
The Crops in Ohio
The Ancient Britons
Alabama Iron
Treatment of the Cholera
The Value of Cold Water
The Cotton Crop
Boiling Potatoes
Magnetism
Tobacco and Mortality
Average Income of Man
Railroads
The Mlneraloglst.---The Description and Locality of Every Important Mineral In the United States
City of Nanking
Inventive Genius of America
Preparation of a Solid Varnish for Preserving Iron From Rust
Moss
Longevity
Convict Library
A Curious Discovery
New Steam Boiler Feeder
New Locomotive Engine
Improved Straw Cutter
Self-Acting Brake for Vehicles
New Instrument for Dressing Wounds
Marden's Improved Mode of Hanging Window Shades
Important to Railroad Men
Novel Method of Marine Propulsion
Important Invention in Wool Spinning
New Way of Making Shot
The Potatoe
Quackery
Charcoal for Wounds or to Prevent Contagion in Hospitals
Fire Brick
American Hand Cut Files
Very Important Patent Cases
Our London Patrons
Death of an Ingenious Mechanic
Remington's Bridge
Dyeing Straw
The Cholera
Supplying Albany With Water
Snakes in New Orleans
Precious Metals
List of Patents
An Iron Stomach
New Inventions
Pyramids or Egypt
The Use of Lime in Building
History of the Rotary Engine
The Weather
Leeches
Glass
The Curcullo
Change of Color in Fish
Patent Laws--Action of the Patent Office--Appeals
Marking Sheep
Sleep for Plants
To Preserve Flowers
The Striped Bug
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