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Page 111
... tion with half the water previously required . What is most to be admired is that this man can neither write nor draw , and that he had , previously to this invention , been employed at the works in the meanest offices , such as car ...
... tion with half the water previously required . What is most to be admired is that this man can neither write nor draw , and that he had , previously to this invention , been employed at the works in the meanest offices , such as car ...
Page 375
... tion ; and to lay before the world all that has been passed over in silence either from a degree of igno- rance scarcely pardonable in an author , or from mo- tives of interest still more culpable . " This plan , though it does not ...
... tion ; and to lay before the world all that has been passed over in silence either from a degree of igno- rance scarcely pardonable in an author , or from mo- tives of interest still more culpable . " This plan , though it does not ...
Page 565
... tion of bituminous wood . tion . It is no uncommon thing to find them on the very surface , without any covering whatever . Nay , well authenticated instances are upon record of the whole process of the conversion of wood into peat ...
... tion of bituminous wood . tion . It is no uncommon thing to find them on the very surface , without any covering whatever . Nay , well authenticated instances are upon record of the whole process of the conversion of wood into peat ...
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