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... according to the Nature of the Oil employed . By M. HASSENfratz , On the Means of judging of the Quality of Glass , principally Table or Window Glass ; and of distinguishing that which is subject to Alteration . By M. GUYTON , 379 ...
... according to the Nature of the Oil employed . By M. HASSENfratz , On the Means of judging of the Quality of Glass , principally Table or Window Glass ; and of distinguishing that which is subject to Alteration . By M. GUYTON , 379 ...
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... according to my said invention , the tent- pole or poles is or are passed through the said ring ; and the vase or vases A A is or are put on afterwards . And farther , that in the construction of officers tents , or such as are not ...
... according to my said invention , the tent- pole or poles is or are passed through the said ring ; and the vase or vases A A is or are put on afterwards . And farther , that in the construction of officers tents , or such as are not ...
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... according to circum- stances , and the size of the carpet or rug to be woven . The internal parts of the loom are , a breast - beam , a cloth - beam , and a yarn - beam ; a harness made of twinę with steel eyes , equal to thirty - two ...
... according to circum- stances , and the size of the carpet or rug to be woven . The internal parts of the loom are , a breast - beam , a cloth - beam , and a yarn - beam ; a harness made of twinę with steel eyes , equal to thirty - two ...
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... according to the weight of the carriages they are applied to ; the said antifriction rollers or wheels may be made of pig - iron cast , or of common iron , brass , mixed metal , or wood with a hoop round the rim , or of any other hard ...
... according to the weight of the carriages they are applied to ; the said antifriction rollers or wheels may be made of pig - iron cast , or of common iron , brass , mixed metal , or wood with a hoop round the rim , or of any other hard ...
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... according to the size and work of the horses ; that the carrots answered every purpose , and that the horses were never in better condition than ` at the time when they were in use ; and we believe that they would not have been better ...
... according to the size and work of the horses ; that the carrots answered every purpose , and that the horses were never in better condition than ` at the time when they were in use ; and we believe that they would not have been better ...
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alkali ammonia annual plant antifriction antifriction rollers appears Argand's lamps axis barytes black oxyd boiling candles carbonic acid carriage charcoal cock colour combination combustion common contained copper corn crop crucible cylinder decomposed decomposition dissolved distilled Ditto effect employed experiments fire fixed frost furnace galena gallic acid glass grain grass green oxyd green sulphate heat hydrogen inches land lever light lime liquor machine magnetic manner manufacturing mercury metal method mixture muriatic acid nitrate oats observed obtained oxyd of iron oxygen pallets pastures piece plants plate plough precipitate present produce proportion Prussian blue prussiate of potash prussic acid quantity red oxyd rollers or wheels roots salt Sea Kale seeds shew shewn side simple prussiate slide solution sown spermaceti substances sulphate of iron sulphuret sulphuric acid surface tannin tion triple prussiate tube turnsol vegetate vessel weeds weight wheat wood XI.-SECOND SERIES
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