Monthly Journal of Science, and Annals of Biology, Astronomy, Geology, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology, Volume 6James Samuelson, William Crookes J. Churchill and Sons., 1869 |
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... Iron Ore ( anhydrous Peroxide of Iron ) , and Oschatz confirmed this observation , but Kenngott will have it that they are magnetic pyrites ( Pyr- rhotine ) . Some , I believe , regard them as titaniferous iron ore , whilst others refer ...
... Iron Ore ( anhydrous Peroxide of Iron ) , and Oschatz confirmed this observation , but Kenngott will have it that they are magnetic pyrites ( Pyr- rhotine ) . Some , I believe , regard them as titaniferous iron ore , whilst others refer ...
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... iron coffer - dams , and dredging- machines worked by manual power , the whole of the labourers being Chinese . Until 1866 the only apparatus employed con- sisted of a raft covered by a shingled roof , with an aperture in its centre ...
... iron coffer - dams , and dredging- machines worked by manual power , the whole of the labourers being Chinese . Until 1866 the only apparatus employed con- sisted of a raft covered by a shingled roof , with an aperture in its centre ...
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... iron retorts , after which it is used for the manu- facture of sulphuric acid , and in gunpowder , match , and other factories . The most interesting fact in connection with this deposit is the association of cinnabar with the sulphur ...
... iron retorts , after which it is used for the manu- facture of sulphuric acid , and in gunpowder , match , and other factories . The most interesting fact in connection with this deposit is the association of cinnabar with the sulphur ...
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... iron , as in every branch of industry where force , form , and motion are required , iron enters largely into construction , and its powers of application have supplanted almost every other material . It presents wonderful facilities in ...
... iron , as in every branch of industry where force , form , and motion are required , iron enters largely into construction , and its powers of application have supplanted almost every other material . It presents wonderful facilities in ...
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... iron and steel than had been introduced at any former period in metallurgic history . To the latter system we owe most of the improvements that have taken place ; for by the comparatively new and interesting process of burning out the ...
... iron and steel than had been introduced at any former period in metallurgic history . To the latter system we owe most of the improvements that have taken place ; for by the comparatively new and interesting process of burning out the ...
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