A handbook to the industries of the British Isles and the United StatesD. Rogue, 1882 - 220 pages |
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... rivers to fertilize her lands , and give water - power for her trades and manufactures . Her mountains and hills are full of valuable rocks and building stones ; while underneath her soil are the greatest treasures of all , beds of coal ...
... rivers to fertilize her lands , and give water - power for her trades and manufactures . Her mountains and hills are full of valuable rocks and building stones ; while underneath her soil are the greatest treasures of all , beds of coal ...
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... river , and supplying many ironworks in that district . II . The Forest of Dean coal - basin is also small but valuable , and is situated in Gloucestershire , in the angle formed by the estuary of the Severn and the Wye . The shipping ...
... river , and supplying many ironworks in that district . II . The Forest of Dean coal - basin is also small but valuable , and is situated in Gloucestershire , in the angle formed by the estuary of the Severn and the Wye . The shipping ...
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... River , attracted by the neighbourhood of the very rich red hematite ore found in Furness and near Egremont . Coming southwards , there is a consider- able iron trade carried on in South Lancashire , in the neighbourhoods of Wigan ...
... River , attracted by the neighbourhood of the very rich red hematite ore found in Furness and near Egremont . Coming southwards , there is a consider- able iron trade carried on in South Lancashire , in the neighbourhoods of Wigan ...
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... rivers is treated , so as to extract the tin . Altogether , in the two counties there are 156 tin mines , and about 56 stream works , yielding from 14,000 to 15,000 tons of tin ore or block tin , which , when smelted , produce about ...
... rivers is treated , so as to extract the tin . Altogether , in the two counties there are 156 tin mines , and about 56 stream works , yielding from 14,000 to 15,000 tons of tin ore or block tin , which , when smelted , produce about ...
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... rivers Tyne and Wear generally , where there are factories for both flint and plate glass ; St Helen's and Ravenhead in Lancashire for plate glass ; Birmingham and Stour- bridge , in Worcestershire , for crown - sheet glass , there ...
... rivers Tyne and Wear generally , where there are factories for both flint and plate glass ; St Helen's and Ravenhead in Lancashire for plate glass ; Birmingham and Stour- bridge , in Worcestershire , for crown - sheet glass , there ...
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