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... less complete concretions ; not to be dissolved or disunited by water , or formed into a coherent mass by means of it , but retaining their figure in it ; trans- parent , vitrifiable by extreme heat , and not dissoluble in , nor ...
... less complete concretions ; not to be dissolved or disunited by water , or formed into a coherent mass by means of it , but retaining their figure in it ; trans- parent , vitrifiable by extreme heat , and not dissoluble in , nor ...
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... less estimation , and less generally used , is sent by preference into Europe . This is the produce of a different tree , which is common on the coast of Coromandel . Some travellers confound it with the wood of Caliatour , which is ...
... less estimation , and less generally used , is sent by preference into Europe . This is the produce of a different tree , which is common on the coast of Coromandel . Some travellers confound it with the wood of Caliatour , which is ...
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... less solid than that of Saturn itself , and it is observed to cast a strong shadow upon the planet . The light of the ring is also generally brighter than that of the planet , for the ring appears sufficiently bright when the telescope ...
... less solid than that of Saturn itself , and it is observed to cast a strong shadow upon the planet . The light of the ring is also generally brighter than that of the planet , for the ring appears sufficiently bright when the telescope ...
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... less force than wood , were sawn at that period : but it appears that the far harder glassy kinds of stone were sawn then also ; for we are told of the discovery of a building which was encrusted with cut agate , corne- lian , lapis ...
... less force than wood , were sawn at that period : but it appears that the far harder glassy kinds of stone were sawn then also ; for we are told of the discovery of a building which was encrusted with cut agate , corne- lian , lapis ...
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... less iron than the common purple schistus , and effervesces more briskly with acids . Its specific gra- vity is 2.7 . 2. The pyritaceous schistus is of a grey colour , brown , blue , or black ; and capable of more or less decomposition ...
... less iron than the common purple schistus , and effervesces more briskly with acids . Its specific gra- vity is 2.7 . 2. The pyritaceous schistus is of a grey colour , brown , blue , or black ; and capable of more or less decomposition ...
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