The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is Most Curious and Remarkable in the World; Whether Relating to Its Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions, Or to the Manufactures, Buildings and Inventions of Its Inhabitants, Compiled from Historical and Geographical Works of Established Celebrity, and Illustrated with the Discoveries of Modern Travellers, Volym 5J. Walker, 1803 |
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... stone with thin horizontal strata of a con- crete of martial ore , talc , and indurated argill ; and third , below the free - stone is a pale blue argillaceous earth , impregnated with the pe- troleum this terminates in shist or slate ...
... stone with thin horizontal strata of a con- crete of martial ore , talc , and indurated argill ; and third , below the free - stone is a pale blue argillaceous earth , impregnated with the pe- troleum this terminates in shist or slate ...
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... stone so strongly , that it is difficult to get it off . A sufficient quantity of this earth being dug out of the mine , it is thrown into a cistern of water , where , having soaked for some time , it is stirred about till the clods are ...
... stone so strongly , that it is difficult to get it off . A sufficient quantity of this earth being dug out of the mine , it is thrown into a cistern of water , where , having soaked for some time , it is stirred about till the clods are ...
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... stone into the corner of his eye ; but swallowing a diamond is a surer and more usual method amongst them . If the miners meet with a stone of fifteen or sixteen carats , they are allowed a reward , besides their usual pay , which is ...
... stone into the corner of his eye ; but swallowing a diamond is a surer and more usual method amongst them . If the miners meet with a stone of fifteen or sixteen carats , they are allowed a reward , besides their usual pay , which is ...
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... stones , fascines , & c . the river being then very low , they lade out the water , and dig about two feet deep , carrying the sand into a place walled round on the bank of the river , where the process is much the same 16 INDIA .
... stones , fascines , & c . the river being then very low , they lade out the water , and dig about two feet deep , carrying the sand into a place walled round on the bank of the river , where the process is much the same 16 INDIA .
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... stone , as it is . called , that is , the disposition of the lamina or plates of which it is composed , and introducing between them the point of a fine chissel . When . this is properly done , a stone will split as evenly as a piece of ...
... stone , as it is . called , that is , the disposition of the lamina or plates of which it is composed , and introducing between them the point of a fine chissel . When . this is properly done , a stone will split as evenly as a piece of ...
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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is ..., Volym 5 Thomas Smith Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1803 |
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