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Where the ground was too hard to bore , so that explosives could not be used
profitably , fire - setting was practised . It was in use in Saxony , Hungary , and the
Harz during the latter half of the eighteenth century . In this process horizontal ...
Where the ground was too hard to bore , so that explosives could not be used
profitably , fire - setting was practised . It was in use in Saxony , Hungary , and the
Harz during the latter half of the eighteenth century . In this process horizontal ...
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its weight exactly ; and that if one then proceeds to the calcination in a charcoal
fire , as Boyle did ; and lastly that if one then reweighs the same vessel after the
calcination , before opening it , its weight ought to be found to have increased by
...
its weight exactly ; and that if one then proceeds to the calcination in a charcoal
fire , as Boyle did ; and lastly that if one then reweighs the same vessel after the
calcination , before opening it , its weight ought to be found to have increased by
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It is not , however , as was sometimes claimed for it , fire - proof , for if strongly
heated iron loses its strength , and the structure collapses . Combined , however ,
with slabs made of hollow earthenware pots embedded in plaster , a roof or floor
...
It is not , however , as was sometimes claimed for it , fire - proof , for if strongly
heated iron loses its strength , and the structure collapses . Combined , however ,
with slabs made of hollow earthenware pots embedded in plaster , a roof or floor
...
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SHIPBUILDING by GEORGE NAISH Assistant Keeper National Maritime | 574 |
FISH PRESERVATION by C L CUTTING Officer in Charge Humber | 640 |
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| Title | A History of Technology: The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850 Volume 4 of A History of Technology, Trevor Illtyd Williams |
| Author | Charles Singer |
| Editor | Charles Singer |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1958 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 Oct 2007 |
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