The Smelting of Copper in the Swansea District of South Wales: From the Time of Elizabeth to the Present Day |
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Argent a mine open of Earth colour , the upper part variegated with various shrubs vert .; within the mine a miner proper , vested sable on his head a cap argent , round his body a belt of the last , and in the attitude of working the ...
Argent a mine open of Earth colour , the upper part variegated with various shrubs vert .; within the mine a miner proper , vested sable on his head a cap argent , round his body a belt of the last , and in the attitude of working the ...
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| Title | The Smelting of Copper in the Swansea District of South Wales: From the Time of Elizabeth to the Present Day Online access with subscription: JISC Historical Texts |
| Author | George Grant Francis |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | H. Sotheran & Company, 1881 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 3 May 2006 |
| Length | 193 pages |
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