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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 363




NEW YORK, DECEMBER 16, 1882

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XIV, No. 363.

Scientific American established 1845

Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year.

Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS.--The New York Canals.--
Their history, dimensions, and commercial influence

Cottrau's Locomotive for Ascending Steep Grades.--1 figure