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Posted inDaily News Engineering Iron & Steam Natural World

Universal Protection from Lightning

Prof. Olmstead, of Yale College, is confident in the generally expressed opinion that telegraphic wires have an important effect on electricy. He says:

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Posted inUS Civil War

July 30, 1861 – Death of Col. C. F. Fisher

The gallant Fisher sleeps in the family burial ground, peace to his ashes. We knew him and admired him. He was brave, chivalrous, and good. He had his enemies as…
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