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Сторінка 309
It is self - illustrating ; inasmuch as , treating of India - rubber , it is made of India -
rubber . An unobBervant reader , however , would scarcely suspect the fact
before reading the Preface , for the India - rubber covers resemble highly
polished ...
It is self - illustrating ; inasmuch as , treating of India - rubber , it is made of India -
rubber . An unobBervant reader , however , would scarcely suspect the fact
before reading the Preface , for the India - rubber covers resemble highly
polished ...
Сторінка 310
Every one remembers the thick and ill - shaped India - rubber shoes of twenty
years ago , which had to be thawed out under the stove before they could be put
on , and which , if left under the stove too long , would dissolve into gum that no ...
Every one remembers the thick and ill - shaped India - rubber shoes of twenty
years ago , which had to be thawed out under the stove before they could be put
on , and which , if left under the stove too long , would dissolve into gum that no ...
Сторінка 311
Who would have thought to find a romance in the history of India - rubber ? We
are familiar with the stories of poor and friendless men , possessed with an idea
and pursuing their object , amid obloquy , neglect , and suffering , to the final ...
Who would have thought to find a romance in the history of India - rubber ? We
are familiar with the stories of poor and friendless men , possessed with an idea
and pursuing their object , amid obloquy , neglect , and suffering , to the final ...
Сторінка 312
Its elasticity was turned to ac ount in France in the manufacture of suspenders
and garters , – threads of India - rubber being inserted in the web . In England ,
Mackintosh invented his still celebrated water - proof coats , which are made of
two ...
Its elasticity was turned to ac ount in France in the manufacture of suspenders
and garters , – threads of India - rubber being inserted in the web . In England ,
Mackintosh invented his still celebrated water - proof coats , which are made of
two ...
Сторінка 316
The public soon became tired of buying Indiarubber shoes that could only be
saved during the summer by putting them into a refrigerator . In the third year of
the mania , India - rubber stock began to decline , and Roxbury itself finally fell to
two ...
The public soon became tired of buying Indiarubber shoes that could only be
saved during the summer by putting them into a refrigerator . In the third year of
the mania , India - rubber stock began to decline , and Roxbury itself finally fell to
two ...
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| Назва | Famous Americans of Recent Times |
| Автор | James Parton |
| Опубліковано | 1893 |
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