Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General KnowledgeRedfield and Lindsay, 1837 |
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... fall apart and scatter themselves . resinous , and the heart is yellowish . The wood of the silver - fir is light and slightly It is some- AMERICAN TREES . THE coldest regions of North America are the native country of this species of ...
... fall apart and scatter themselves . resinous , and the heart is yellowish . The wood of the silver - fir is light and slightly It is some- AMERICAN TREES . THE coldest regions of North America are the native country of this species of ...
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... fall , together at the top , forming a conical framework .-- Upon this framework a netting of willows , bound Over the together by strips of bark , is placed . whole , dry grass is thrown , to prevent the dirt from falling through . The ...
... fall , together at the top , forming a conical framework .-- Upon this framework a netting of willows , bound Over the together by strips of bark , is placed . whole , dry grass is thrown , to prevent the dirt from falling through . The ...
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... fall an easy prey . our hostile intentions . After being captured two or three hours , they become " Having reached to within about one hundred so tame that they will follow the horse of the hunter . and fifty yards of him , two of our ...
... fall an easy prey . our hostile intentions . After being captured two or three hours , they become " Having reached to within about one hundred so tame that they will follow the horse of the hunter . and fifty yards of him , two of our ...
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... falls down upon the wheel at right angles to the float - boards , or bucket , placed to receive it . In the second , which is used where there is no fall of water , the stream strikes the float - boards at the lower part of the wheel ...
... falls down upon the wheel at right angles to the float - boards , or bucket , placed to receive it . In the second , which is used where there is no fall of water , the stream strikes the float - boards at the lower part of the wheel ...
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Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge. and a fall great enough for the wheel to lie under it , the bucket , or overshot - wheel , is always used : but , where there is a large body of water with a small fall , the breast or float ...
Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge. and a fall great enough for the wheel to lie under it , the bucket , or overshot - wheel , is always used : but , where there is a large body of water with a small fall , the breast or float ...
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