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THE STANDARD DICTIONARY OF FACTS 



INVENTIONS SINCE THE DISCOVERY OF ELECTRICITY 



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NATIVITY 



Germany 

 Germany 

 France 

 United States 

 Germany 

 United States 

 United States 

 England 

 Germany 

 United States 



United States 

 United States 

 United States 

 United States 

 United States 

 United States 

 Tinted States 

 Austria 



United States 

 United States 



France 

 Germany 

 Coplay, Pa. 



United States 

 United States 

 United States 

 Germany 



United States 

 England 

 England 

 United States 

 United States 

 United States 

 United States 

 France 

 United States 

 United States 

 United States 

 United States 

 Germany 

 United States 

 Germany 

 United States 

 Italy 



France 



Denmark 



Germany 



United States 



France 

 United States 

 England 



United States 

 Germany 



Iron. A metallic element very widely dif- 

 fused in nature, and occurring in great abun- 

 dance in many parts of the world. Its symbol is 

 Fe, from the Latin word ferrum; atmospheric 

 weight, 56. In the perfectly pure state, iron is 

 almost unknown. In the arts, it is met with in 

 the forms of malleable iron, steel and cast iron. 

 The first being iron as fre.e from impurities as it 



is possible to get it, and the other two being iron 

 containing carbon in proportions varying from 

 0.65 to upwards of 5.0 per cent. Good mallc;il >!' 

 iron, known also as wrought iron, is of a grayish 

 color. Its melting-point approaches that of 

 platinum; although at temperature far below 

 this it assumes a soft, pasty condition, and is 

 capable of being welded together into one mass. 



