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1852-11-02_BigelowReportComOnSafe-p1_2021_004_006

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Mount Auburn Cemetery

1852-11-02_BigelowReportComOnSafe-p1_2021_004_006

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The committee appointed
to examine the safe belonging to the
corporation reports - that he has
not been able to inspect the interior
of the safe which is said to be filled
with some calcareous powder - but that
he does not think that a sufficient
difference exists in the non conducting
power of different compounds of lime when
dry to affect essentially the safety of
different receptacles containing them

Jacob Bigelow, committee

1852-11-02_BigelowReportComOnSafe-p1_2021_004_006

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The committee appointed
to examine the safe belonging to the
corporation reports - that he has
not been able to inspect the interior
of the same which is said to be filled
with some [cale..?] [powder?] - but that
he does not think that a sufficient
difference exists in the non conducting
power of dificult compounds of lime when
dry to affect essentially the safety of
different receptacles containing them

Jacob Bigelow, committee

November 2. 1852

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