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    Electric Traction on the New York Elevated Roads

    Why are American Faster than English Locomotives?

    The New York State Canals Blunder

    The Arch in Steel Bridge Construction

    A Humane Rat Trap

    The Fruit Cure

    Suggestions for Labels and Trade Marks in China

    Gold Jubilee in California

    An Improved Telephone Transmitter

    Meteorological Kites in France

    An Improved Bicycle Brake

    The King Gasoline Launch Engine

    An Improved Kerosene Engine

    The Edison Magnetic Concentrating Works

    The Fur Seal

    By Benjamin Sharp

    Spinning and Balancing Tricks

    By W. B. Caulk

    To Inventors - January 22, 1898

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