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Page 14
... and as it contains much less gallic acid than the oak , or even the chesnut , it would be less destructive to iron , and being so decidedly superior in strength to any other native wood , together with its length and clearness of ...
... and as it contains much less gallic acid than the oak , or even the chesnut , it would be less destructive to iron , and being so decidedly superior in strength to any other native wood , together with its length and clearness of ...
Page 36
But the strata of salt and fresh water is less distinctly marked in the Thames than in any of those rivers in which Mr. Stevenson has hitherto had an opportunity of making observations . These inquiries he means to extend to most of the ...
But the strata of salt and fresh water is less distinctly marked in the Thames than in any of those rivers in which Mr. Stevenson has hitherto had an opportunity of making observations . These inquiries he means to extend to most of the ...
Page 93
... but personally employed , sometimes at the risk of his life , and ascertained the utility of the preservative expedients which he recommends , and which have the merit of being not less simple than ingenious and efficacious .
... but personally employed , sometimes at the risk of his life , and ascertained the utility of the preservative expedients which he recommends , and which have the merit of being not less simple than ingenious and efficacious .
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