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    Hastening the Military Pioneer

    The Crowned Crane

    Positions of the Planets in November - 1887

    Photographic Notes - October 22, 1887

    Improved Manhole Cover for Sewers, Street Vaults, Etc.

    An Improved Car Brake and Starter

    A Spoon Holder Attachment for Bottles, Etc.

    A Method of Running Street Cars

    A Display Case for Window Shades, Etc.

    An Improved Corn Planter

    A Switch Operated by the Locomotive

    New All-Around Crane

    Improved Adjustable Tongs

    Harvard Observatory and the Henry Draper Memorial

    The New Chinese Naval Squadron

    Engineering Inventions - October 29, 1887

    To Inventors - October 29, 1887

    Miscellaneous Inventions - October 29, 1887

    Agricultural Inventions - October 29, 1887

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    • Letters

      Correspondence - October 29, 1887

    • Departments

      Business and Personal - October 29, 1887

    • Index of Inventions - October 29, 1887

    • Notes and Queries - October 29, 1887

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    October 29, 1887

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