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17 Black Degrees, 3 Copying
For bold, heavy lines 6B-5B-4B-3B
For writing sketching 2B-B-HB-F-H
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For delicate, thin lines 7H-8H-9H
Plain Ends, per doz. $1.00
Rubber Ends, per doz. 1.20
VENUS ERASERS
12 sizes
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Transcriber's Notes:
page 238: changed "diagramed" to "diagrammed" (As there diagrammed, the electricity passes out...)
page 253: the Morse telegraph code is as in the original; this is not the modern International Morse code
page 383: the table of hyperlinked first letters has been added for your convenience and is not present in the original
Page 412: changed "conrcete" to "concrete" (... shall express this ideal in a very concrete way.)
General: variable spelling of iodin/iodine in the original has been preserved
General: spelling of dioxid and chlorid in the original has been preserved