A man at Blackburn, who died recently, was a strict teetotaller. He was also a wine aster."and for 40 years had sampled every day the wine arid spirits which cam? to the ..tore where, he was engaged as foreman. The finest thermometer in the world is at -die John Hopkins University in America. Tlii'. wonderful instrument is valued at £2000, and is known as Professor Rowland's thermometer. The marks on the glass are so fine that they require to be rwgnified in order that they may be read.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12740, 17 December 1904, Page 1 (Supplement)
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88Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12740, 17 December 1904, Page 1 (Supplement)
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