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... land . A few of these old New- comens , or atmospheric engines , working the pump- rods with the intervention of a horizontal " beam , " or " bob , " and more or less patched and modified , have survived even to our own times . About ...
... land . A few of these old New- comens , or atmospheric engines , working the pump- rods with the intervention of a horizontal " beam , " or " bob , " and more or less patched and modified , have survived even to our own times . About ...
Page 11
... land having delayed the necessity for turning to subterranean fuel . Within a short time after the conclusion of the great war , steam- engines were rapidly supplanting or acting as auxiliaries to water power , and the coalfields of our ...
... land having delayed the necessity for turning to subterranean fuel . Within a short time after the conclusion of the great war , steam- engines were rapidly supplanting or acting as auxiliaries to water power , and the coalfields of our ...
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... land ) and rattlers ( Yorkshire ) —decrepitate and crack loudly on the fire . Cannel is largely employed for gas - making . It is by no means easy , if at all feasible , to draw a distinct line of demarcation between cannel and the ...
... land ) and rattlers ( Yorkshire ) —decrepitate and crack loudly on the fire . Cannel is largely employed for gas - making . It is by no means easy , if at all feasible , to draw a distinct line of demarcation between cannel and the ...
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... land animals should be preserved for our study . The Archægosaurus was the first coal reptile found ( in Bavaria , 1844 ) , one probably intermediate between the batrachians and the saurians ; but the last few years have added several ...
... land animals should be preserved for our study . The Archægosaurus was the first coal reptile found ( in Bavaria , 1844 ) , one probably intermediate between the batrachians and the saurians ; but the last few years have added several ...
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... land ; granite and other rocks broken into bits , or rolled into pebbles , and wafted and dragged about by currents and eddies , whilst an occasional bed of quietly settled shale reveals the shells of Goniatites , Bellerophon , Lingula ...
... land ; granite and other rocks broken into bits , or rolled into pebbles , and wafted and dragged about by currents and eddies , whilst an occasional bed of quietly settled shale reveals the shells of Goniatites , Bellerophon , Lingula ...
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