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    The Screw Ferry Boat Bergen

    "Scenes from a Silent World"

    Electricity and Plant Life

    The Celestial World - December 8, 1888

    A Combined Punching and Shearing Machine

    Improved Slotting Machine

    An Improved Gas Stove

    Insulated Coverings for Pipes, Boilers, Etc.

    An Improved Speed Indicator

    An Improved Flywheel Clutching Device

    The New French System of Movable Batteries

    Simple Experiments in Physics

    By M. Hopkins

    Running Elevated Railroad Trains by Electricity

    The Rock Hopper Penguin

    To Inventors - December 8, 1888

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      Business and Personal - December 8, 1888

    • Recently Patented Inventions - December 8, 1888

    • Notes and Queries - December 8, 1888

    • Index of Inventions - December 8, 1888

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