Past Pages for Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016

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Past Pages for Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016





















150 years agoThe Scientific American says: If you have a boat that leaks badly, and it is in strong current, or if you are towing it up stream, all you have to do to keep it dry is to bore a hold through the bottom and insert a piece of steel or iron, half round, through the hole, letting it extend a few inches below the bottom of the boat, and all the water will run out without any labor. I think at seat it could be kept afloat if you could keep her going four miles an hour.130 years  …
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