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, Том 5J. Walker, 1803 |
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... called a bason , is a continued rock for several hundred yards , and ponderous fragments are seen lying beneath , which have been rent from the solid side by some cause equally lasting and violent ; and that the rocky precipice over ...
... called a bason , is a continued rock for several hundred yards , and ponderous fragments are seen lying beneath , which have been rent from the solid side by some cause equally lasting and violent ; and that the rocky precipice over ...
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... called the grand sancy , weighing one hundred and six carats , ( the name sancy being a cor ruption of cent six ) which is one of the crown jewels , are two of the heaviest that we know of in Europe . which the workmen are so expert ...
... called the grand sancy , weighing one hundred and six carats , ( the name sancy being a cor ruption of cent six ) which is one of the crown jewels , are two of the heaviest that we know of in Europe . which the workmen are so expert ...
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... called natural sparks , are brought , where they search for them after the great rains are over , that is , after the month of December . At that season , when the water is clear , eight or ten thousand persons , of all ages , come out ...
... called natural sparks , are brought , where they search for them after the great rains are over , that is , after the month of December . At that season , when the water is clear , eight or ten thousand persons , of all ages , come out ...
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... called cutting sticks , thick enough to be held in the hand . By this means they rub off the dull outer crust , and reduce them to form , in order to their being polished ; and this powder , thus rubbed off and received in a little box ...
... called cutting sticks , thick enough to be held in the hand . By this means they rub off the dull outer crust , and reduce them to form , in order to their being polished ; and this powder , thus rubbed off and received in a little box ...
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... called plough diamonds , and are fitted into a kind of plane . The making artificial diamonds has been at . tempted lately with great success . The best of what is called paste , come very near the lustre of the diamond , and , in this ...
... called plough diamonds , and are fitted into a kind of plane . The making artificial diamonds has been at . tempted lately with great success . The best of what is called paste , come very near the lustre of the diamond , and , in this ...
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