Mrs Vansock (indignantly): "Mrs O'Lone,the colour all came out of my new tablecoyer on account of the horrible washing fluid you use.' Mrs O'Lone (paeifyingly) : " Niver moind, mum ; siire it all svint into the other clothes, mum." A piece of pianoforte wire recently tested at the Watertown Arsenal showed the extraordinary strength of 206 tons per square inch; the wire was one-twelfth of an inch in. diameter. Larger sizes gave a tensile strength of 135 tons and upwards per square inch/ The metal contained 0"85 per cent of combined carbon.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5667, 11 September 1896, Page 3
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90Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Star (Christchurch), Issue 5667, 11 September 1896, Page 3
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