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however, that manj devices had been tried to render available the advan- 

 tages claimed/ He did not think it necessary for him to add anything-, 

 after the elaborate and interesting manner in which the subject had been 

 treated at this meeting. He valued highly the remarks of several gentle- 

 men who had illustrated on the blackboard new forms of furnaces; it was 

 to him a source of pleasure to meet here with practical men, and to learn 

 from them the results of actual experience. 



The Association then decided to continue the discussion of this subject 

 at their next meeting. Adjourned. 



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