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... surface of the earth , in India , South America , South Africa , and even in some parts of Spain . In Germany and France it is obtained by means of arti- ficial nitre - beds . These consist of the re- fuse of animal and vegetable bodies ...
... surface of the earth , in India , South America , South Africa , and even in some parts of Spain . In Germany and France it is obtained by means of arti- ficial nitre - beds . These consist of the re- fuse of animal and vegetable bodies ...
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... surface is not smooth , but for- rowed with a number of wrinkles , running in various directions , though principally longitudinally . It is of a greyish brown colour on the outside , and of a beautiful variegated hue within , being ...
... surface is not smooth , but for- rowed with a number of wrinkles , running in various directions , though principally longitudinally . It is of a greyish brown colour on the outside , and of a beautiful variegated hue within , being ...
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... surface they shine in the dark . Hence some twenty years ago a person exhibited in London , as the everlasting lamp of the ancients , a vessel containing phosphorus immersed in oil . The various purposes to which fixed oils are applied ...
... surface they shine in the dark . Hence some twenty years ago a person exhibited in London , as the everlasting lamp of the ancients , a vessel containing phosphorus immersed in oil . The various purposes to which fixed oils are applied ...
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... surface . In the writings of Alhazen , too , we find the first distinct account of the magnifying power of glasses , and it is not improbable that his writings on this head gave rise to the useful invention of spectacles ; for he says ...
... surface . In the writings of Alhazen , too , we find the first distinct account of the magnifying power of glasses , and it is not improbable that his writings on this head gave rise to the useful invention of spectacles ; for he says ...
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... surface , and are sent back again from the surface , they are said to be reflected . The incident ray , as A C , is that which comes from any luminous body , and falls upon the reflecting surface , as H K , and C M is the reflected ray ...
... surface , and are sent back again from the surface , they are said to be reflected . The incident ray , as A C , is that which comes from any luminous body , and falls upon the reflecting surface , as H K , and C M is the reflected ray ...
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