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Q. Where is lead found?

A. It is found more or less in all countries, but in the greatest quantities in Spain; and, next to Spain, in England and the lead hills of Scotland.

Q. Where is tin found?

A. It is found in few countries. Cornwall contains the principal tin mines in England.

Q. Where is zinc found?

A. In many countries in considerable abundance, and in several of the United States.

Q. What are the principal mines of mercury or quicksilver?

A. The mines of Almaden, near Cordova, in Spain; Deux-points, in Germany; Istria, in Austria; and in Peru. Q. What is brass?

A. A compound metal formed by a mixture of copper and zinc.

Q. What is bronze?

A. A compound metal formed of a mixture of copper, tin, and other metals, especially zinc.

Q. What is steel?

A. A metal made from iron, by placing alternate layers of iron and powdered charcoal in a furnace and keeping the whole at a red heat, until the iron has become changed by the heat and the charcoal into steel.

Q. What

metal ?

is meant by a perfect

A. A metal which does not lose any of its weight and is not injured by being repeatedly melted in the fire.

Q. What is meant by an imperfect metal?

A. A metal which by being heated long enough in the fire changes, by degrees, into an earthy scaly matter, called calx.

Q. Which are the perfect metals?

A. Gold and silver; for they alone of all the metals do not lose any of their valuable properties by being melted.

Q. Are the gold and silver which are used for coins, and for other purposes, perfectly pure?

A. No; for gold and silver, when in

a perfectly pure state, are very soft. When, therefore, they are converted into coins, and used for other purposes, they are always mixed with copper to harden them.

Q. Are metals generally found in a pure state?

A. No; they are generally found mixed with stony and other matters, from which they must be separated before they are fit for use.

THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.

Q. What is an absolute monarchy ? A. An absolute monarchy is a form of government in which the power of making and of enforcing the laws is vested in one and the same person.

Q. What is the nature of the English government?

A. A limited monarchy.

Q. What is a limited monarchy ? A. A monarchy in which the power of the sovereign is limited.

Q. How is the power of the sovereign limited in England?

A. He is controlled in the exercise of his power by the authority of the houses of lords and commons.

Q. Can the sovereign alone make laws in England?

A. No.

Q. In whom is the power of making laws vested in England?

A. In the sovereign, and the houses

of lords and commons; the consent of all three being necessary to make any new law, and each of the three having power to reject any new law that may be proposed.

Q. In whom is the executive authority, or power to enforce the laws, vested? A. In the sovereign, that is, in the king or queen.

Q. Of what is parliament composed? A. Of the king or queen, and the three estates of the realm.

Q. What are the three estates of the realm ?

A. 1st, The lords spiritual; 2nd, The lords temporal; 3rd, The house of commons. The lords spiritual and the lords temporal sit in one house with the king, and the commons sit by them selves in another.

Q. What is the assembly called in which the lords spiritual and the lords temporal sit with the king?

A. The house of lords.

Q. Who are the lords spiritual?
A. The archbishops of Canterbury

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