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... Street Car - Draftless . . . Victoria Falls , Africa - Bridge over . G . R . Metcalfe . . .
. . . . . Voting Machines - - How operated . " 1 . N . Poweli . Warship Bennington
blown up by carelessness . Washington ' ( D . C . ) University - Flying machine ...
... Street Car - Draftless . . . Victoria Falls , Africa - Bridge over . G . R . Metcalfe . . .
. . . . . Voting Machines - - How operated . " 1 . N . Poweli . Warship Bennington
blown up by carelessness . Washington ' ( D . C . ) University - Flying machine ...
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The Zeit glockenthurm , the famous clock of the Swiss capital , which caps the
arch of a street passage , is a very old piece . The curious clock on the west side
of the tower announces the approach of each hour by the crowing of a cock ,
while ...
The Zeit glockenthurm , the famous clock of the Swiss capital , which caps the
arch of a street passage , is a very old piece . The curious clock on the west side
of the tower announces the approach of each hour by the crowing of a cock ,
while ...
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so on , the numbers being four inches long — this timepiece arouses great curi -
osity , and there is often a crowd watch - ing the flight of time , not overhead as
with other street clocks , but under foot . Two years of experimental labor was
spent ...
so on , the numbers being four inches long — this timepiece arouses great curi -
osity , and there is often a crowd watch - ing the flight of time , not overhead as
with other street clocks , but under foot . Two years of experimental labor was
spent ...
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... to illumi - nected to the service wires in the path nate lavishly our streets and
homes , and of the electricity that is to be ... company delivers to its cars or to its
street - lighting circuits , should also be measured ; for modern conditions
demand ...
... to illumi - nected to the service wires in the path nate lavishly our streets and
homes , and of the electricity that is to be ... company delivers to its cars or to its
street - lighting circuits , should also be measured ; for modern conditions
demand ...
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WL Christ Church , the " Old North Church " of Longfellow ' s poem , stands to -
day in an excellent state of preservation , on Salem Street , opposite Hull , in the
North end of the city . It was built in 1723 ; and from its tower General Gage ...
WL Christ Church , the " Old North Church " of Longfellow ' s poem , stands to -
day in an excellent state of preservation , on Salem Street , opposite Hull , in the
North end of the city . It was built in 1723 ; and from its tower General Gage ...
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