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... in the very tub in which James and his father had descended ; and by which they also returned . 66 ' So , James , we are now above ground again . If the landscape below is the most curious , yet 6 DEPTH OF MINES . upon the whole , the.
... in the very tub in which James and his father had descended ; and by which they also returned . 66 ' So , James , we are now above ground again . If the landscape below is the most curious , yet 6 DEPTH OF MINES . upon the whole , the.
Page 6
... depth of the several mines varies much . The salt rock seems to lie in vast beds , or strata . One of these had been worked for more than a hundred years , when another was discovered below it , but separated by a bed of hardened clay ...
... depth of the several mines varies much . The salt rock seems to lie in vast beds , or strata . One of these had been worked for more than a hundred years , when another was discovered below it , but separated by a bed of hardened clay ...
Page 9
... depth . " Indeed , the rock - salt itself is not fit for the table , till it has been purified . This effect is produced by dissolving it in water , and then , by heat , evaporating that water again , during which operation the ...
... depth . " Indeed , the rock - salt itself is not fit for the table , till it has been purified . This effect is produced by dissolving it in water , and then , by heat , evaporating that water again , during which operation the ...
Page 14
... the land , but the depths of the sea are hidden from us . There is nothing irra- tional in the supposition , that there may be also mountains and layers of salt intermingled with SEA SALT . 15 the mountains of rock , which.
... the land , but the depths of the sea are hidden from us . There is nothing irra- tional in the supposition , that there may be also mountains and layers of salt intermingled with SEA SALT . 15 the mountains of rock , which.
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... depths , and com- municating with each other . Into the first , 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 ...
... depths , and com- municating with each other . Into the first , 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 ...
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