The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ...A. Phelps, 1826 - 312 страница |
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... light soils . 35. Soils are barren , when they consist of two much of one kind of material , do not hold moisture , or arc two shallow . They are fertile , when they contain a due mixture of several primitive earths with vegetable and ...
... light soils . 35. Soils are barren , when they consist of two much of one kind of material , do not hold moisture , or arc two shallow . They are fertile , when they contain a due mixture of several primitive earths with vegetable and ...
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... light and brittle ; as millstone , flint or silex , clay , sand , crystals , spar , gypsum , alabaster , chalk , stones , cornelions , jasper , topazes , sapphires , rubies , emeralds , and diamonds . II . Saline Minerals - being such ...
... light and brittle ; as millstone , flint or silex , clay , sand , crystals , spar , gypsum , alabaster , chalk , stones , cornelions , jasper , topazes , sapphires , rubies , emeralds , and diamonds . II . Saline Minerals - being such ...
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... light grey , and it cannot be melted in or- dinary fires . 83. Gold is 19 times heavier than water ; and the most valuable of all the metals . It is so malleable , that an ounce of it will gild a silver wire 13,000 miles in length and ...
... light grey , and it cannot be melted in or- dinary fires . 83. Gold is 19 times heavier than water ; and the most valuable of all the metals . It is so malleable , that an ounce of it will gild a silver wire 13,000 miles in length and ...
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... light grey ; 9 times heavier than water , and melted with difficulty . 91. Zinc is 7 times heavier than water , of a bluish white colour , and used in various compounds . 92. The other metallic substances are Antimony , Bismuth , Cobalt ...
... light grey ; 9 times heavier than water , and melted with difficulty . 91. Zinc is 7 times heavier than water , of a bluish white colour , and used in various compounds . 92. The other metallic substances are Antimony , Bismuth , Cobalt ...
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... light , and keeping out the cold , is also a recent invention . Anciently , holes for light were made with wooden shutters , to 24 BUILDING .
... light , and keeping out the cold , is also a recent invention . Anciently , holes for light were made with wooden shutters , to 24 BUILDING .
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