The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-02-01
From the Scientific American

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From the Scientific American
The completion of Knights "Americai
Mechanical dictionary" l. an event In In
annals OF literature n fhls country, as
marks the substantial completion OF grea
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gest@d indu>t. ial processes OF every natuI
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-ciantific discoveries. ana tools OF very ciai
have been studied; and finally, all This In.
meuse collection, gaihertd from III. who'll
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aims Z, 400 .-ngrs sings; AMI that i's three v"
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Cement and Leather Working; MiHing H4
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| Gas Engines and other Motors: Lighting
| Heating Drying and NeDtiiaiing; Fine Arts
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