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... amount of sulphur is used to produce mere vulcanization two ounces to the pound of rubber is sufficient ; but to make hard india - rubber , or ebonite , as the Messrs . Silver term their preparation of it , as much as two of sulphur to ...
... amount of sulphur is used to produce mere vulcanization two ounces to the pound of rubber is sufficient ; but to make hard india - rubber , or ebonite , as the Messrs . Silver term their preparation of it , as much as two of sulphur to ...
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... amount of curiosity it would create , especially as the query was repeated from week to week ; and Dickens did not think it beneath him to profit by the hint when he posted the walls with " Somebody's Luggage . " We were struck very ...
... amount of curiosity it would create , especially as the query was repeated from week to week ; and Dickens did not think it beneath him to profit by the hint when he posted the walls with " Somebody's Luggage . " We were struck very ...
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... amount of intelligence is thus at the service of the coroner . The first case gone into was rather complex . Alex- ander , a greengrocer , coming home drunk , fell down the stairs and broke his leg . He had been an habitual drunkard ...
... amount of intelligence is thus at the service of the coroner . The first case gone into was rather complex . Alex- ander , a greengrocer , coming home drunk , fell down the stairs and broke his leg . He had been an habitual drunkard ...
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... amount of infanticide prevalent in such cases . I remember Mr. Wakley giving it as his opinion that a fearful amount of children were cunningly got rid of at the moment of birth , by simply allowing the new - born babe to fall into a ...
... amount of infanticide prevalent in such cases . I remember Mr. Wakley giving it as his opinion that a fearful amount of children were cunningly got rid of at the moment of birth , by simply allowing the new - born babe to fall into a ...
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... amount of labour spent in its enrichment , or respecting the imposing appearance of the pile , with its " stories without end " which the giddy head refuses to count . The richness of its exterior far surpasses the Louvre Hotel , from ...
... amount of labour spent in its enrichment , or respecting the imposing appearance of the pile , with its " stories without end " which the giddy head refuses to count . The richness of its exterior far surpasses the Louvre Hotel , from ...
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