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Sat, 30 August 2008
UI #17 - Extracting Gold from Seawater

The true story of the 1897 invention of the "accumulator" that was designed to extract gold from the world's oceans.  Also learn about the significance of the death of Lt. Thomas Selfridge on September 17, 1908.

 

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