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Page 9
... called brine , and must be ren- dered fit for use by evaporating the water by boiling . As the water vanishes in steam , the salt crystallizes . Pumps of great power are in use at these brine springs , for bringing up the water from its ...
... called brine , and must be ren- dered fit for use by evaporating the water by boiling . As the water vanishes in steam , the salt crystallizes . Pumps of great power are in use at these brine springs , for bringing up the water from its ...
Page 15
... few salt mines ? " " No. This is called rock - salt , or native salt ; but much is obtained from the sea , by evapora- tion , which is termed bay - salt . In maritime 16 METHOD OF OBTAINING SEA SALT . countries , where.
... few salt mines ? " " No. This is called rock - salt , or native salt ; but much is obtained from the sea , by evapora- tion , which is termed bay - salt . In maritime 16 METHOD OF OBTAINING SEA SALT . countries , where.
Page 16
... called the reservoir , the sea - water is admitted at high tide , and penned in by means of flood - gates . Being thus confined in a very shallow pit , the heat of the sun evaporates the watery parts rapid- ly . The residuum is then let ...
... called the reservoir , the sea - water is admitted at high tide , and penned in by means of flood - gates . Being thus confined in a very shallow pit , the heat of the sun evaporates the watery parts rapid- ly . The residuum is then let ...
Page 19
... called , though they are indeed between six and eight miles from that city , are at a village named Wielitska , situated on a ridge of hills , adjoining the Carpathian mountains . The mode of descent into the mine , at the principal ...
... called , though they are indeed between six and eight miles from that city , are at a village named Wielitska , situated on a ridge of hills , adjoining the Carpathian mountains . The mode of descent into the mine , at the principal ...
Page 32
... are in such high repute for their bril- liance , that they are sometimes called Bristol diamonds . Cornish diamonds are also in esteem , but the substance of which both are formed , is BEAUTY OF THE DIAMOND . 33 different to that of.
... are in such high repute for their bril- liance , that they are sometimes called Bristol diamonds . Cornish diamonds are also in esteem , but the substance of which both are formed , is BEAUTY OF THE DIAMOND . 33 different to that of.
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adit AMUSING ancient baskets beds blast BLAST FURNACE bottom BRADLEY COAL-MINE Brazil brought bucket called CANNEL COAL carried caverns cinnabar clay cloth coal COLLIERIES coloured copper COPPER-MINES Cornwall Dannemora deep depth descend diamonds discovered dred dykes earth Edition eight employed England excavations fire Forest of Dean formed Fowey furnace gold gold-mines grains gunpowder half half-bound horses hundred feet Illustrations iron ISAAC TAYLOR James Kolyvan labour lumps Mam Tor mass metal mile Millstone grit MINERAL VEINS miners mines mode morocco mountains native nearly Newcastle obtained operation papa persons PERU Petersburgh pieces pillars piston places Potosi pounds Price principal produce province quantity quicksilver river rock roof Russia salt sand shaft side silex silver smelted soil sometimes sort Spain Spaniards steam-engine stones STORIES strata stratum stream substance suppose surface Sweden thick Thompson thousand tion traveller twelve various kinds washed wood workmen
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