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Page 1118
... iron dish , used in prospecting for gold . The sand or gravel is stirred with water , the worthless matter is removed from the top , and the gold is found at the bottom . 2. Piece of gold - mining machinery , in which the rock is ground ...
... iron dish , used in prospecting for gold . The sand or gravel is stirred with water , the worthless matter is removed from the top , and the gold is found at the bottom . 2. Piece of gold - mining machinery , in which the rock is ground ...
Page 1129
... iron , muzzle - loading , rifled gun , hav- ing a wrought - iron band shrunk over the breech in rear of the trunnions . They were extensively used during the Rebellion in the field , siege , and seacoast artillery , up to 300 lbs . They ...
... iron , muzzle - loading , rifled gun , hav- ing a wrought - iron band shrunk over the breech in rear of the trunnions . They were extensively used during the Rebellion in the field , siege , and seacoast artillery , up to 300 lbs . They ...
Page 1132
... iron . On this state depends the possibility of a zinc - iron battery . Passover . Chief festival of the Israelites , commemorating the deliverance from Egypt , when God passed over their homes smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians ...
... iron . On this state depends the possibility of a zinc - iron battery . Passover . Chief festival of the Israelites , commemorating the deliverance from Egypt , when God passed over their homes smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians ...
Page 1142
... iron is thermo - electrically positive to colder iron , and hence a current made to pass in either direction tends to ex- aggerate the existing differences of temperature . This is re- versed in the case of copper . Peltry . Skins of ...
... iron is thermo - electrically positive to colder iron , and hence a current made to pass in either direction tends to ex- aggerate the existing differences of temperature . This is re- versed in the case of copper . Peltry . Skins of ...
Page 1144
... iron , and by the extensive manufacture of is found in this State , in a few small localities toward its n.e. part ... iron ore , 697,985 long tons ; pig iron , 4,701,163 long tons ; steel . 3,883,280 tons ; cement , 400,998 bbls . ( 300 ...
... iron , and by the extensive manufacture of is found in this State , in a few small localities toward its n.e. part ... iron ore , 697,985 long tons ; pig iron , 4,701,163 long tons ; steel . 3,883,280 tons ; cement , 400,998 bbls . ( 300 ...
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