A handbook to the industries of the British Isles and the United StatesD. Rogue, 1882 - 220 pages |
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... deal is shipped at Troon for Ireland . 16. The Fifeshire basin occupies a good part of the counties of Fife and Clackmannan , and supplies the busy spinning and weaving districts of the linen trade . 17. The Midlothian field is situated ...
... deal is shipped at Troon for Ireland . 16. The Fifeshire basin occupies a good part of the counties of Fife and Clackmannan , and supplies the busy spinning and weaving districts of the linen trade . 17. The Midlothian field is situated ...
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... deal is also smelted in the counties where it is raised . These then are the principal kinds and situations of iron ore in Great Britain , although in smaller quantities it is found also in the county of Cornwall , in the Mendip Hills ...
... deal is also smelted in the counties where it is raised . These then are the principal kinds and situations of iron ore in Great Britain , although in smaller quantities it is found also in the county of Cornwall , in the Mendip Hills ...
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... deal upon ores from other places . Coalbrookdale in Shropshire is one of the earliest seats of the English iron trade , and still keeps up its reputation . There are also a few iron furnaces in the Forest of Dean and Northamptonshire ...
... deal upon ores from other places . Coalbrookdale in Shropshire is one of the earliest seats of the English iron trade , and still keeps up its reputation . There are also a few iron furnaces in the Forest of Dean and Northamptonshire ...
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... deal of copper has been obtained by chemical processes from the New Red Sandstone , though it scarcely pays to carry on the work at the present time . Staffordshire used to be a very productive county and the mines at Ecton were very ...
... deal of copper has been obtained by chemical processes from the New Red Sandstone , though it scarcely pays to carry on the work at the present time . Staffordshire used to be a very productive county and the mines at Ecton were very ...
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... deal more copper ore is smelted in England than this , and we import quite as much as we raise , from Cuba , Australia , South America , Chili and the Cape . It is a singular example of the localisation of a trade , that copper smelting ...
... deal more copper ore is smelted in England than this , and we import quite as much as we raise , from Cuba , Australia , South America , Chili and the Cape . It is a singular example of the localisation of a trade , that copper smelting ...
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