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... iron - The gnome of the coal - mines - Use of coal - Varieties of coal pp . 255-276 Pluto's Kingdom . Division of the universe between Jupiter , Neptune , and Pluto -Pluto's share - Cerberus - The river Styx - Charon the ferryman - The ...
... iron - The gnome of the coal - mines - Use of coal - Varieties of coal pp . 255-276 Pluto's Kingdom . Division of the universe between Jupiter , Neptune , and Pluto -Pluto's share - Cerberus - The river Styx - Charon the ferryman - The ...
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... iron steam - ship , no vessel of war , no rude canoe even , has yet been launched upon its bosom , though the tides ebb and flow , and the waves chant their eternal hymn , according to those immutable laws which the Creator ordained at ...
... iron steam - ship , no vessel of war , no rude canoe even , has yet been launched upon its bosom , though the tides ebb and flow , and the waves chant their eternal hymn , according to those immutable laws which the Creator ordained at ...
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... iron magnetic . A copper wire was coiled round a bar of soft iron , and our Spirit was made to run along the wire ; the iron at once became a powerful magnet , and ex- hibited all the properties of the loadstone . * The Voltaic Pile ...
... iron magnetic . A copper wire was coiled round a bar of soft iron , and our Spirit was made to run along the wire ; the iron at once became a powerful magnet , and ex- hibited all the properties of the loadstone . * The Voltaic Pile ...
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... iron ; thus the ear as well as the eye was to be addressed . He afterwards simplified this instru- ment by employing only two wires , and so increased its power that thirty letters could be indicated in a minute . * In America , another ...
... iron ; thus the ear as well as the eye was to be addressed . He afterwards simplified this instru- ment by employing only two wires , and so increased its power that thirty letters could be indicated in a minute . * In America , another ...
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... iron wires , plated with zinc to prevent rusting , form the roads along which our ethereal courier travels . These wires are supported by wooden posts , erected some sixty yards apart on every railway ; they are not permitted to touch ...
... iron wires , plated with zinc to prevent rusting , form the roads along which our ethereal courier travels . These wires are supported by wooden posts , erected some sixty yards apart on every railway ; they are not permitted to touch ...
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Page 236 - I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures...
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