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    The Great Textile Invention at the Centennial Exposition--The Lyall Positive Motion Loom

    American Contributions to the Development Theory

    The Coming Explosion at Hell Gate

    Cheap Coal

    The Science of Mechanical Movements

    Some New Light on the Origin of the Truffle

    Is Brother Jonathan so Very Slim?

    The Detachable Handle Parasol and Umbrella

    A Marine Safe

    The Acme Automatic Draft Regulator

    Hangings for Sliding and Swinging Gates

    The Lidgerwood Rotary Engine at the Exhibition

    Hose Attachment for Faucets

    Bedell's Sewer Gas Trap

    Wood's Improved Piston

    The Pearly Aloe

    New and Curious Electrical Experiments

    Recent American and foreign Patents - September 16, 1876

    Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

    New Agricultural Inventions - September 16, 1876

    New Woodworking and House and Carriage Building Inventions - September 16, 1876

    New Textile Machinery - September 16, 1876

    New Household Inventions - September 16, 1876

    New Chemical and Miscellaneous Inventions - September 16, 1876

    The Validity of Patents - September 16, 1876

    Communications Received - September 16, 1876

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