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  2. Examples of Mechanical Contrivanees.

    FIGURE 25.—This figure shows a cam of a peculiar shape, as an illustration of a variable perpendicular motion which may be given to the small upright rod which lodges on the cam; as this latter is turned round, it ...

    Article : 536 words
  3. THE CULTIVATOR.

    BASSIA IS the name given to a genus of tropical plants belonging to the natural order sapote[?]e and which contains a variety of oil-bearing species. The plants of this genus are found in the East Indies, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,773 words
  4. Nishwitz's Harrow.

    THE accompanying illustration represents a now style of harrow or pulverizer, invented by F. Nishwitz, and called Nishwitz's harrow. The principle of construction is quite new, but, by those ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 416 words
  5. A New Engine of Destruction.

    CAPTAIN ERICSSON announces, in a communication to the American Army and Navy Journal, that he has perfected the system of submarine attack by which he can destroy the largest ironclads ever built. The ...

    Article : 706 words
  6. Horticultural Facts and Gossip.

    THE following method of preserving grapes has been found to answer admirably:—Fit up a room in which to keep the grapes. Place around the walls shelves with a lath nailed in front of them over which the ...

    Article : 516 words
  7. Currant Culture.

    THE following interesting account of an experiment in currant culture, has been supplied to the Adclaide Observer, by Mr. Edward Hague, of Truro, South Australia:— ...

    Article : 533 words
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