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STORIES OF

INVENTORS AND DISCOVERERS

IN

SCIENCE AND THE USEFUL ARTS.

A BOOK FOR OLD AND YOUNG.

BY JOHN TIMBS, F. S. A.

With Illustrations.

The First Practical Steam-boat.

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honored."-DR. JOHNSON'S Rambler.

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