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    SURPLUS MACHINERY. 219

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    Surplus Machinery. 219

    SURPLUS MACHINERY . 219

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1864, page 219, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061864/page/3/