The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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Page 25
... iron ore is poor , containing only 10 or 11 per cent . of metal ; and in 1873 the out - put did not exceed 108,546 cwt . Salt is procured both from mines and from salt - springs in sufficient abundance to make it an article of export to ...
... iron ore is poor , containing only 10 or 11 per cent . of metal ; and in 1873 the out - put did not exceed 108,546 cwt . Salt is procured both from mines and from salt - springs in sufficient abundance to make it an article of export to ...
Page 49
... iron , though this is for most purposes a needless refinement . Great care should be taken that the wire is dry when it is wound . It is usual , in order to secure and render perman- ent the insulation , to steep the whole coil in ...
... iron , though this is for most purposes a needless refinement . Great care should be taken that the wire is dry when it is wound . It is usual , in order to secure and render perman- ent the insulation , to steep the whole coil in ...
Page 52
... iron , which completely encloses the whole , leaving only a small window for the ingress and egress of the ray of light by means of which the motions of the mirror are read ; a flat horse - shoe magnet placed on the top of the case ...
... iron , which completely encloses the whole , leaving only a small window for the ingress and egress of the ray of light by means of which the motions of the mirror are read ; a flat horse - shoe magnet placed on the top of the case ...
Page 75
... Iron , coal , and argentiferous lead mines are ex- tensively worked ; and manganese , zinc , and antimony are found . Great quantities of salt are obtained from the salt marshes along the coast . The gypsum and other quarries employ a ...
... Iron , coal , and argentiferous lead mines are ex- tensively worked ; and manganese , zinc , and antimony are found . Great quantities of salt are obtained from the salt marshes along the coast . The gypsum and other quarries employ a ...
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... iron , until a series of encroachments by them on British territory , led to the Wer with Nepal in 1814. At the termination of the campaign , Garhwal and Kumaon were converted into British districts , while the Tehri principality was ...
... iron , until a series of encroachments by them on British territory , led to the Wer with Nepal in 1814. At the termination of the campaign , Garhwal and Kumaon were converted into British districts , while the Tehri principality was ...
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