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Electric Light & [and] Gas
Electric In 1883 May 1 New York City
awarded contract for gas Light
Light as follows
Where thickly settled $17.50 per
year per light. Where thinly
and settled $19.50 to $32 per light
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Electric Light. 70 cents per night
per light. Arc Lights Brush
Gas and United States Styles. Each
Electric light equals 6 gas lights
The contract for Electric lights
amounts to $225 per year per
light, double the price of gas.
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Capacity Capacity of Pipes
of The Capacity of Pipes, are as
Pipes the square of the diameters.
If you double the diameter
of a pipe, you increase its
capacity 4 times.
Scientific American April 21 1883
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High High Arctic Latitude
Arctic On May 12 1876 Capt. [captain] Markham
Latitude of the Ship "Alert" under Capt. [captain]
Nares, got as high 83 [degrees] 20' 26"
North Exactly 399 1/2 miles from
the North Pole.
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Cure for Hoarseness
Cure Bake a lemon for 15 minutes in
for a slow oven, cut off one End
Hoarseness and remove the pulp and sweeten
to the taste. Good for tightness
in chest from a severe cold
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A dozen in Crocery trade
Crockery Crockery means at the rate of
dozens so many to a dozen such as Jugs
4/5, 8/3, 9/6 and so on
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1891 June 30 Number of Library Card 2879
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To Measure Rubber Belting in the Roll
To D = diameter of outer coil in inches
Measure d = diameter of inner coil in inches
Belting n = number of coils. Length in feet
Equals 0.1309n x (D+d)
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Food for Consumptive Patients
Food 1 pound finely cut up Beefsteak (fresh)
for 1 drachm pulverised Charcoal
Consumption 4 ounces pulverised Sugar
4 ounces Rye Whiskey
1 pint Boiling Water
Mix all together, let in stand in a
cool place overnight, and give from
1 to 2 teaspoonsfull, liquid and meat,
before each meal. This receipt
is from a Minneapolis doctor in
Scientific American Volume XXXIX
No. 40 November 16 1878
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