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    Launch of a New Type of Ferry Boat

    The Patent Office the Friend of the Inventor

    An Improved Mechanical Movement

    The Mackey Automatic Fire Extinguisher

    An Improved Car Coupling

    An Improved Book Holder

    A New Machine for Making Excelsior

    An Improved Scaffold Holder

    The Dynamite Cruiser Vesuvius

    The Florida Manatee

    By John R. Coryell

    Birmingham Cable Railway

    Microscopical Notes

    Agricultural Invention - November 3, 1888

    Miscellaneous Inventions - November 3, 1888

    Engineering Inventions - November 3, 1888

    To Inventors - November 3, 1888

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      Correspondence - November 3, 1888

    • Recommended

      New Books and Publications - November 3, 1888

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      Business and Personal - November 3, 1888

    • Notes and Queries - November 3, 1888

    • Index of Inventions - November 3, 1888

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