Political essay on the kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 3Longman, 1811 |
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... iron , copper , lead , and a great number of other mineral substances , îndispensible to agriculture and the arts . If the labour of man has in America been almost ex- clusively directed to the extraction of gold and silver , it is ...
... iron , copper , lead , and a great number of other mineral substances , îndispensible to agriculture and the arts . If the labour of man has in America been almost ex- clusively directed to the extraction of gold and silver , it is ...
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... iron or lead on the ridge of the Cordilleras , notwithstanding their richness , continue to be neglected , because ... iron , and mercury . A few years before my arrival in New Spain , the price of iron rose from 20 CHAP . x1 . ] 105 ...
... iron or lead on the ridge of the Cordilleras , notwithstanding their richness , continue to be neglected , because ... iron , and mercury . A few years before my arrival in New Spain , the price of iron rose from 20 CHAP . x1 . ] 105 ...
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... iron and mercury of the mountains of Ame- rica . The nation is then alive to its true inte- rest , and feels that true wealth consists in the abundance of objects of consumption , in that of things , and not in the accumulation of the ...
... iron and mercury of the mountains of Ame- rica . The nation is then alive to its true inte- rest , and feels that true wealth consists in the abundance of objects of consumption , in that of things , and not in the accumulation of the ...
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... iron , or lead may become as profitable as that of a vein of silver . In the present state of Mexico , the precious metals occupy almost ex- clusively the industry of the colonists ; and when , in the subsequent part of this chapter ...
... iron , or lead may become as profitable as that of a vein of silver . In the present state of Mexico , the precious metals occupy almost ex- clusively the industry of the colonists ; and when , in the subsequent part of this chapter ...
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... iron and steel to a certain extent ; and their arms , axes , chisels , and all their tools , were made of the copper which they extracted from the mountains of Zacotollan and Cohuixco . In every part of the globe , the use of copper ...
... iron and steel to a certain extent ; and their arms , axes , chisels , and all their tools , were made of the copper which they extracted from the mountains of Zacotollan and Cohuixco . In every part of the globe , the use of copper ...
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