Key to Knowledge ..Harris, 1841 - 268 pages |
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Page 25
... mean the bread- fruit ? HELEN . Oh yes ! It grows , I believe , in the South - sea islands . What is it like ? MOT ER . The tree is somewhat like our apple - tree : it grows wild in Taheitè and the neighbouring islands , and bears a ...
... mean the bread- fruit ? HELEN . Oh yes ! It grows , I believe , in the South - sea islands . What is it like ? MOT ER . The tree is somewhat like our apple - tree : it grows wild in Taheitè and the neighbouring islands , and bears a ...
Page 40
... means expels all the milky parts ; thus leaving the oily particles in one collected mass . HELEN . Is there only one way of making butter ? LOUISA . What a foolish question , Helen ! To be sure , there is only one way . MOTHER . Your ...
... means expels all the milky parts ; thus leaving the oily particles in one collected mass . HELEN . Is there only one way of making butter ? LOUISA . What a foolish question , Helen ! To be sure , there is only one way . MOTHER . Your ...
Page 48
... means , the salt water is admitted into open shallow trenches , exposed to the sun , the heat of which evaporates the watery particles and leaves the salt , which is afterwards refined from its impurities by boiling and skimming . HELEN ...
... means , the salt water is admitted into open shallow trenches , exposed to the sun , the heat of which evaporates the watery particles and leaves the salt , which is afterwards refined from its impurities by boiling and skimming . HELEN ...
Page 52
... means that the moist parts are thrown off , or evaporated . Common salt is also used in making glass , to render it white and clean . LOUISA . How delightful to know all this ! HELEN . What is the difference between the salt of which ...
... means that the moist parts are thrown off , or evaporated . Common salt is also used in making glass , to render it white and clean . LOUISA . How delightful to know all this ! HELEN . What is the difference between the salt of which ...
Page 55
... means of the touch- hole ) , and , thus expanded , it issues from the mouth of the musket , forcing before it the ball , with which the piece was charged . I have explained this without any technical terms ( that is , terms belonging to ...
... means of the touch- hole ) , and , thus expanded , it issues from the mouth of the musket , forcing before it the ball , with which the piece was charged . I have explained this without any technical terms ( that is , terms belonging to ...
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afterwards alum amuse animal annual plant Asia beautiful black pepper boiled bread burning butter called candles cannel coal cardamoms charcoal China chinchilla cloth coal colour cotton cultivated dear mother DIALOGUE distilled dried East Indies Edition England engravings ermine Europe fermentation fire flavour flax flour flowers glass grain grows gunpowder hair half-bound happy heat HELEN INDIA RUBBER ISAAC TAYLOR isinglass juice kind lamp-black leaves liquorice LOUISA malt mamma means melted moulds musk muslins NUTMEGS paper parchment pearls perfume plant pleasure potatoes powder Pray prepared Price principally printing procured produced Pub Oct render rennet resins rich sago sal ammoniac salt seeds silk skin soft sometimes spermaceti St Pauls Church STORIES substance sugar sulphur suppose tallow tell thick thing threads tion tree TURMERIC vegetable vellum warm whale wheat wine wool