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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 611




NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 17, 1887

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXIV., No. 611.

Scientific American established 1845

Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year.

Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.


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I. BIOGRAPHY.--The New Statue of Philip Lebon.--Biography of