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The Government Collection of Economic Plants

Habits of Snakes

A Rolling Pin, etc., for Bakers' Use

A Simple and Compact Type Writer

An Improved Fire Escape

Railway Collision Illinois Central Railway

A Spring Equalizer for Vehicles

The Newark Water Works

The Great Dam at Beetaloo, Australia

Characteristic Poises of Snakes

By G. R. O'Reilly

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  • Letters

    Correspondence- August 8, 1891

  • Recommended

    New Books and Publications- August 8, 1891

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    Recently Patented Inventions- August 8, 1891

  • Business and Personal- August 8, 1891

  • Notes and Queries- August 8, 1891

  • Index of Inventions- August 8, 1891

  • To Inventors- August 8, 1891

  • Patents- August 8, 1891

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