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Page 29
... materials , either for temporary or permanent buildings , are abundant and cheap ; for the former , posts , eighteen feet long , and from eight to twelve inches in diameter , cost one rupee 1834. ] 29 of an Iron and Steel Manufactory .
... materials , either for temporary or permanent buildings , are abundant and cheap ; for the former , posts , eighteen feet long , and from eight to twelve inches in diameter , cost one rupee 1834. ] 29 of an Iron and Steel Manufactory .
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... inch in diameter , for lath and plaster walls , and binding on chup- pers , or grass roofs , cost one rupee for 250 ; latkorahs , or squared tim- bers , five inches square , and eighteen or twenty feet long , for joists or rafters ...
... inch in diameter , for lath and plaster walls , and binding on chup- pers , or grass roofs , cost one rupee for 250 ; latkorahs , or squared tim- bers , five inches square , and eighteen or twenty feet long , for joists or rafters ...
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... inches square cost six rupees each ; but if the Kasyas were furnished with trucks for its conveyance , large timbers might be brought in , at one - fourth of the Calcutta price . The saw is not yet brought into use for cutting planks ...
... inches square cost six rupees each ; but if the Kasyas were furnished with trucks for its conveyance , large timbers might be brought in , at one - fourth of the Calcutta price . The saw is not yet brought into use for cutting planks ...
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... inch to three or four inches , or more , in diameter , according to the quantity of saline matter con- tained in them . As soon as the gatherer has collected a common ratan - basketful of sand , he conveys it upon his head , and ...
... inch to three or four inches , or more , in diameter , according to the quantity of saline matter con- tained in them . As soon as the gatherer has collected a common ratan - basketful of sand , he conveys it upon his head , and ...
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... inches in breadth ; it is fixed into the mass of sand , and rests upon three , and sometimes upon two , pieces of stick or bambu placed across the top of a receptacle , in which lies a small ghara or pitcher immediately below it , so as ...
... inches in breadth ; it is fixed into the mass of sand , and rests upon three , and sometimes upon two , pieces of stick or bambu placed across the top of a receptacle , in which lies a small ghara or pitcher immediately below it , so as ...
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