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    The Marvin Safe

    Carbonic Acid as a Fire Extinguisher at Sea

    Is our Average Rainfall Diminishing?

    Photographic Notes - February 13, 1886

    Clothes Drier

    Ironing Board

    Improved Fire Escape

    Improved Bellows

    Brickwork

    The Principle of the Loom

    Improvements in Electro Magnets

    Old Organs and Pianofortes

    The Bullfrog (Rana Catesbiana, Shaw)

    By C. Few Seiss

    Cowen Steam Hose

    Improved Treadle for Bicycles

    Agricultural Inventions - February 13, 1886

    Miscellaneous Inventions - February 13, 1886

    Engineering Inventions - February 13, 1886

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      Correspondence - February 13, 1886

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      New Books and Publications - February 13, 1886

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      Notes and Queries - February 13, 1886

    • Business and Personal - February 13, 1886

    • Index of Inventions - February 13, 1886

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