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For steam Purposes - 1 Ton of Coal
is equal to 1 1/2 cords of wood
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Can Alcohol be frozen? Alcohol
has never been frozen, though it has
cooled to a temperature of 166 [degrees]
below Zero, it becomes viscid
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To fill in a privy vault! half of
each copperas and Lime. No smell.
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To make models for small castings
use fine sand or plaster of Paris
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Extract from a murder Trial at Toronto
Sept 21 1877 -
Effects of Strychnine! It will show
in months after with decomposed meat.
1/2 grain Kills an ordinary man
A man poisioned by it, will die
in 1/2 an hour.
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A Silver dollar contains or weighs
412 1/2 grains and contains 900
parts in 1000 of pure Silver, therefore
9/10 of 412 1/2 grains will give
the pure Silver by weight in a
dollar = 371 1/4 grains.
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Is the mineral found with lead ores and
Known to miners as "mundic" the same
as Iron pyrites? "mundic" is the
name of Copper pyrites amongst English miners
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See the picture of Iron Railroad
Bridge across the Hudson River at
Albany New York It is a fine one
Scientific American
March 7 1874
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[tipped in paper obscures part of journal entries - see next page for transcription of entries]
Dr. Carl Gassn's [Gassner's] [alum?] dry
battery sal.
Oxide zinc 1 part by weight
Sal-ammoniac 1 " " "
Plaster of Par. [Paris]3 " " " [struckthrough]
Chloride of zinc 1 " " "
Water 2 " " "
If you are giving new life
to old Dry Batterys leave out
the Plaster.
Hastings Forumla 1907 [in blue pencil]
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