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Deep Boring

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
August
Year
1878
Copyright
Public Domain
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A deep ariesian well is being bored at Pesth, and has reaohed a depth oL nearly 1,000 meter over 3,300 íeet. The work is ÜüdertakeH by the Brothers Zsrigmondy, partialiy at the expenso of the'city, whicli has granted L40,000 for tho parpóse, with tho intention of obtaining an unlimited supply of warm water íor the municipal establishments aud public baths. A temperature oí 161 degrees Fahrenheit ia shown by the water at present issuing from the well, and the work will bo 2'rosecuted until water of 178 degrees is obtamed. About 175,000 gallons of warm wtyfiï stream out Jally, risiüg to ;i Jieight oí thirtyflvé feet'. This amount will not only supply all tho v;uitf( ót tho oity, but convert the suvrpvojijmg regios Jpto fi tropical gardeu,

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus