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PROSPECTUS
OF THE
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
THE BEST MECHANICAL PAPER IN The
WORLD
SEVENTEENTH YEAR.
VOLUME EI.-NEW SERIES.

| A new volume of this widely circulated pa,
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nation, and from five to ten original engmvings
of new inventions and discoveries, all of which
are prepared expressly for its columns
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interests of popular Science, the Mechanic
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Commerce and the Industrial Pursuits gener-
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Room.
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