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Rutherford B. Hayes: “It is spoken of by the members composing the late board as the most perfect and reliable machine in the world, embodying…”

On the recordApril 15, 1880
It is spoken of by the members composing the late board as the most perfect and reliable machine in the world, embodying new mechanical principles and combinations not heretofore used in any other constructions.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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