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... carried about into several parts of the world by the merchants . " Pliny , in his Natural History , enters at much greater length into the account of the manufacture and general use of this metal than Diodorus , and the exceeding ...
... carried about into several parts of the world by the merchants . " Pliny , in his Natural History , enters at much greater length into the account of the manufacture and general use of this metal than Diodorus , and the exceeding ...
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... carried on , and that under each hole was made a projection of the stone- work , on which was laid burning coals to heat the air before it entered the furnace . Mungo Park , in his travels in Africa , mentions that , during his stay at ...
... carried on , and that under each hole was made a projection of the stone- work , on which was laid burning coals to heat the air before it entered the furnace . Mungo Park , in his travels in Africa , mentions that , during his stay at ...
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... carried on then , and previously for a long time by the Phenicians . This intercourse may have mate- rially civilised the Britons , and have brought the nation to the degree of advancement it attained prior to the Roman invasion , which ...
... carried on then , and previously for a long time by the Phenicians . This intercourse may have mate- rially civilised the Britons , and have brought the nation to the degree of advancement it attained prior to the Roman invasion , which ...
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... carried on ; but Camden states , that in and before the reign of William the Conqueror , the chief trade of the city of Gloucester was forging of iron ; and it is mentioned in Dooms- day book , that there was scarcely any other tribute ...
... carried on ; but Camden states , that in and before the reign of William the Conqueror , the chief trade of the city of Gloucester was forging of iron ; and it is mentioned in Dooms- day book , that there was scarcely any other tribute ...
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... carried it off with the greatest joy , though so heavy of carriage , and preferred it to all other plunder . By an Act passed in the twenty - eighth year of Edward the Third , no iron manufactured in England , and also no iron imported ...
... carried it off with the greatest joy , though so heavy of carriage , and preferred it to all other plunder . By an Act passed in the twenty - eighth year of Edward the Third , no iron manufactured in England , and also no iron imported ...
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