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Page 62
... province of Nankin , in China ; but it cannot be in any great quantity , because , every year , we export to China tin , to a considerable amount , from these mines in Cornwall . " p . 63 . rain of Mules carrying Copper Re.
... province of Nankin , in China ; but it cannot be in any great quantity , because , every year , we export to China tin , to a considerable amount , from these mines in Cornwall . " p . 63 . rain of Mules carrying Copper Re.
Page 88
... amount- ed to heating the rocks violently by fire , and then suddenly deluging them with water , which occasioned them to crack , and scale off , so as to enable the workmen to break them in pieces fit for smelting . " MINE AT ECTON ...
... amount- ed to heating the rocks violently by fire , and then suddenly deluging them with water , which occasioned them to crack , and scale off , so as to enable the workmen to break them in pieces fit for smelting . " MINE AT ECTON ...
Page 91
... amount of one part in thirty . Lead ore is very frequently mixed with silver . " Norway has mines of copper . That at Roraas , in the province of Drontheim , was dis- covered by a Laplander , travelling with his reindeer , in 1644. In ...
... amount of one part in thirty . Lead ore is very frequently mixed with silver . " Norway has mines of copper . That at Roraas , in the province of Drontheim , was dis- covered by a Laplander , travelling with his reindeer , in 1644. In ...
Page 127
... within five miles of the river , and some al- most twenty miles distant . To cart so heavy a substance all this distance would cost so much , that coals in London would amount to double 128 WAGGON - WAYS AND RAIL - ROADS . their.
... within five miles of the river , and some al- most twenty miles distant . To cart so heavy a substance all this distance would cost so much , that coals in London would amount to double 128 WAGGON - WAYS AND RAIL - ROADS . their.
Page 131
... amounts to more than three millions . sterling . In one part of the mine , an accident had hap- pened , called a crash . The pillars left to sup- port the roof , being too slender , had failed ; or else the floor of the mine was too ...
... amounts to more than three millions . sterling . In one part of the mine , an accident had hap- pened , called a crash . The pillars left to sup- port the roof , being too slender , had failed ; or else the floor of the mine was too ...
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