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For gin shi bu wchi—silver 10, first quality brass % ae 3. 
For mokume—silver 10, first , quality brass 14. 
2 For shakdo—fine shaledo 3, zine 10. 
For tin—tin 10, 
Among the J spanese articles made of copper that find their 
way to this country, there are some witha bright red surface, 
which is often taken to be either a lacquer or an enamel. These 
objects are made of copper containing red oxyd through the 
entire mass, and after receiving the requisite ous and a high 
polish, are boiled in the mixture mentioned above 
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Art. VI.—WNotes on Tides at Tahiti, and Earthquake phenomena; 
by Dr. C. F. Winstow. From a letter to one of the Editors, 
aed Munich, March 26, 1866. 
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I RecEIvVED the American Journal of Science for March this 
morning, and have read with great interest the article on the 
Tides at Tahiti communicated by Prof. Bache, upon the obser- 
vations of Capt odgers. 
When at Tebitt in 1844 I was immediately struck with the 
anomaly in the tidal phenomena. I observed the daily wave 
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the morning and highest from 12 to 2 o’clock, as a common ob- 
June, late in the afternoon (my notes are at home and I do not 
remember the exact day), the tide rose later and I was obliged 
to abandon my observations and collections on account of this 
unexpected circumstance. I remained on the reef until the sea 
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