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IN NATURE of July 2 last, p. 213, I was accused by Prof. Piazzi-Smyth and Mr. D. A. Stevenson of having attempted to appropriate an invention of Mr. David Stevenson. The invention referred to was the joint introduced by Mr. Stevenson beneath the lamp-tables in certain lighthouses in this country.
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MILNE, J. An Earthquake Invention. Nature 33, 438–439 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/033438c0
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