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... kind provision . for our wants ; and also weakens the opinion of such masses having been produced by deposits from the ocean . That it is found in high situa- tions has been hinted already . In Spain , near Cordova , is a hill , much ...
... kind provision . for our wants ; and also weakens the opinion of such masses having been produced by deposits from the ocean . That it is found in high situa- tions has been hinted already . In Spain , near Cordova , is a hill , much ...
Page 16
... kind , on the western coast , or Bay of Biscay . On some flat part of the coast , large but shallow pits are dug , generally of three depths , and com- municating with each other . Into the first , called the reservoir , the sea - water ...
... kind , on the western coast , or Bay of Biscay . On some flat part of the coast , large but shallow pits are dug , generally of three depths , and com- municating with each other . Into the first , called the reservoir , the sea - water ...
Page 17
... kind , in which the water is so far evaporated by the sun , that a small degree of boiling finishes the process , and produces the salt . made during the hot months , and The brine is kept in large cisterns , to be boiled at leisure ...
... kind , in which the water is so far evaporated by the sun , that a small degree of boiling finishes the process , and produces the salt . made during the hot months , and The brine is kept in large cisterns , to be boiled at leisure ...
Page 18
... kind is found in Southern Africa , at a distance from the sea , and upon a height . The water which it receives during the rainy season becomes strongly im- pregnated with salt ; in the succeeding hot wea- ther this water is evaporated ...
... kind is found in Southern Africa , at a distance from the sea , and upon a height . The water which it receives during the rainy season becomes strongly im- pregnated with salt ; in the succeeding hot wea- ther this water is evaporated ...
Page 41
... they expect to find diamonds is dug out , and carried for washing and searching . This is done with considerable care and regu- larity . They erect a kind of shed , consisting 42 MODE OF SEARCH . This is of upright posts.
... they expect to find diamonds is dug out , and carried for washing and searching . This is done with considerable care and regu- larity . They erect a kind of shed , consisting 42 MODE OF SEARCH . This is of upright posts.
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