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    The Autographic Telegraph

    Car Seats

    Meeting of the National Electric Light Association

    Aspects of the Planets for September - 1885

    Boiler Cleaner

    Rocking Chair

    Hose Tower and Fire Escape

    Compound Valve

    A Car Brake

    Improved Wheel or Pulley

    A Hand Power Sawing Machine

    Adding Machine

    Burying Telephone Wires in the Sewers of Paris

    A New Washing Machine

    Combined Plow and Seeder

    Some Wonderful Fliers

    By C. F. Holder

    Agricultural Inventions - August 29, 1885

    Miscellaneous Inventions - August 29, 1885

    Engineering Inventions - August 29, 1885

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      Correspondence - August 29, 1885

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      New Books and Publications - August 29, 1885

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      Notes and Queries - August 29, 1885

    • Business and Personal - August 29, 1885

    • Index of Inventions - August 29, 1885

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