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that he experimented on himself, and that he had since continued in a 
sickly febrile condition. His limbs trembled and at times he had fainting 
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turns. A fit took him as he went out upon the balcony of his cham- 
ber to take the air. He remained there a moment resting on the bal- 
instead of diminishing, his strength failed him, and as the balustrade 
was low, he fell over to the ground, a height of four stories. It was 
on the 27th of November, 1855. Chenot was 50 years old. 
The inventions and discoveries of M. Chenot have a universal import- 
i a 
Separate many tons of ore per day, cleaning it perfectly from the earthy 
gangue which absorbs so much of the combustible employed tn the 
furnaces, 
The reduction of the metallic oxyds by the oxyd of carbon, or by 
the mixture of this oxyd with hydrogen such as is obtained in decom- 
0 Chenot’s view, the quality of iron depends more on the region 
from Which it comes than upon the manner of treating the ores ; the 
locality of the ore bed has as much influence on the iron and especially 
affords. 
de with-all kinds of com- 
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