Journal of the Franklin InstitutePergamon Press, 1865 |
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Page 50
... substances - was really carbon , the same as charcoal or diamond . And chemistry showed how carbon would always forsake iron for oxygen , and that cast iron , treated with oxygen , was made malleable , as it always is , whether in the ...
... substances - was really carbon , the same as charcoal or diamond . And chemistry showed how carbon would always forsake iron for oxygen , and that cast iron , treated with oxygen , was made malleable , as it always is , whether in the ...
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... substances , which may act in the same manner as the iron ore , and thus , to a certain extent , replace it , although it is doubtful if they greatly promote its real action . Wherever a shape can be easily made in wrought iron , this ...
... substances , which may act in the same manner as the iron ore , and thus , to a certain extent , replace it , although it is doubtful if they greatly promote its real action . Wherever a shape can be easily made in wrought iron , this ...
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... substance which has given rise to it , was deposited in the beds in which it is now found at the forma- tion of the rock . We may suppose in these oil - bearing beds an accu- mulation of organic matters whose decomposition in the midst ...
... substance which has given rise to it , was deposited in the beds in which it is now found at the forma- tion of the rock . We may suppose in these oil - bearing beds an accu- mulation of organic matters whose decomposition in the midst ...
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... substance , which has given the name of Tar Point to the locality , may be perceived at a distance of fifty yards . Two petroleum springs occur along the line of this anticlinal . One of these is on the south side of the St. John's ...
... substance , which has given the name of Tar Point to the locality , may be perceived at a distance of fifty yards . Two petroleum springs occur along the line of this anticlinal . One of these is on the south side of the St. John's ...
Page 65
... substance , breaking with a clean fracture . The gum beds do not seem to have this pure resinous appearance , but are very much mixed with vegetable matter , so much so that it is not a sample of true asphalt . It is a mixture of the in ...
... substance , breaking with a clean fracture . The gum beds do not seem to have this pure resinous appearance , but are very much mixed with vegetable matter , so much so that it is not a sample of true asphalt . It is a mixture of the in ...
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