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... metal ; and they give me as little uneasiness as those who have no desire to know the origin of inventions , or how they were brought to their pre- sent utility . If my extending the term Invention farther than is perhaps usual , by ...
... metal ; and they give me as little uneasiness as those who have no desire to know the origin of inventions , or how they were brought to their pre- sent utility . If my extending the term Invention farther than is perhaps usual , by ...
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... metals , and when added in a considerable quantity forms with them a paste which can be kneaded , and which is called ... metal produced in its free state . The precipitation of copper by the voltaic current was noticed by Mr. Nicholson ...
... metals , and when added in a considerable quantity forms with them a paste which can be kneaded , and which is called ... metal produced in its free state . The precipitation of copper by the voltaic current was noticed by Mr. Nicholson ...
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... metals for the purposes of the arts were published until the year 1830 , when Mr. E. Davy read a paper before the Royal Society , in which he distinctly states that he had gilded , silvered ... metal , it REFINING GOLD AND SILVER ORE . 15.
... metals for the purposes of the arts were published until the year 1830 , when Mr. E. Davy read a paper before the Royal Society , in which he distinctly states that he had gilded , silvered ... metal , it REFINING GOLD AND SILVER ORE . 15.
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... metal , it is now put into a retort , and the quicksilver is collected in a receiver for fur- ther use . Those also who wash gold from the sand found near rivers , use quicksilver before their work is completed ; and I am` strongly ...
... metal , it is now put into a retort , and the quicksilver is collected in a receiver for fur- ther use . Those also who wash gold from the sand found near rivers , use quicksilver before their work is completed ; and I am` strongly ...
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... metal . “ I was , ” adds Barba , " highly pleased with my new discovery of managing ore , of extracting its contents , and of refining it ; and this method I continued to practise . " I imagine that Barba was still in Europe in 1609 ...
... metal . “ I was , ” adds Barba , " highly pleased with my new discovery of managing ore , of extracting its contents , and of refining it ; and this method I continued to practise . " I imagine that Barba was still in Europe in 1609 ...
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Página 37 - From the evidence it would appear that the submergence took place at the end of the fourteenth or the beginning of the fifteenth century.
Página 446 - ... and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
Página 468 - Plight (towards the end of the fifteenth or the beginning of the sixteenth century...
Página 490 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep...
Página 2 - BOSWELL'S LIFE OF DR. JOHNSON ; BY THE RIGHT HON. JC CROKER. Incorporating his Tour to the Hebrides, and accompanied by the Commentaries of all preceding Editors : with numerous additional Notes and Illustrative Anecdotes ; to which are added. Two Supplementary Volumes of Anecdotes by HAWKINS, PIOZZI, MURPHY, TTKKS, RET^OLUS STEEVKNK, and others.
Página 446 - My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea : and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them : and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
Página 5 - It is, indeed, a lasting memorial of eminent literary exertion, devoted to a subject of great importance, and one dear, not only to every scholar, but to every reader of intelligence to whom the truth of history is an object of consideration.
Página 138 - About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.