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ACCOMPANIED BY NEARLY Four Hundred Statistical Tables , and Eleven
Hundred Analyses of Mineral Combustibles , WITH INCIDENTAL STATEMENTS
OF THE STATISTICS OF IRON MANUFACTURES , DERIVED FROM
AUTHENTIC ...
ACCOMPANIED BY NEARLY Four Hundred Statistical Tables , and Eleven
Hundred Analyses of Mineral Combustibles , WITH INCIDENTAL STATEMENTS
OF THE STATISTICS OF IRON MANUFACTURES , DERIVED FROM
AUTHENTIC ...
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The manufacture of cotton in Great Britain , which has increased about one
hundred fold in the last seventy years , and of the same , and many other articles ,
as well in Europe as in this country , exhibits results almost equally striking . “
There ...
The manufacture of cotton in Great Britain , which has increased about one
hundred fold in the last seventy years , and of the same , and many other articles ,
as well in Europe as in this country , exhibits results almost equally striking . “
There ...
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Of course , we have not yet arrived at the period when we could pronounce with
any approach to certainty , on the actual number of coal basins in the world .
Were we to venture an opinion , we should rate the number at from two hundred
and ...
Of course , we have not yet arrived at the period when we could pronounce with
any approach to certainty , on the actual number of coal basins in the world .
Were we to venture an opinion , we should rate the number at from two hundred
and ...
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Many years ago , Count Sternberg noticed that out of one hundred and fifty
species of plants belonging to the old coal formation , one hundred and thirty -
eight were vascular cryptogamea : soon afterwards M. A. Brongniart stated that
the ...
Many years ago , Count Sternberg noticed that out of one hundred and fifty
species of plants belonging to the old coal formation , one hundred and thirty -
eight were vascular cryptogamea : soon afterwards M. A. Brongniart stated that
the ...
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but are as thick when only a few years old , and a foot high , as when they attain
the height of sixty or one hundred feet . Their roots , also , instead of being
massive and forking , generally present a dense assemblage of straight ,
succulent ...
but are as thick when only a few years old , and a foot high , as when they attain
the height of sixty or one hundred feet . Their roots , also , instead of being
massive and forking , generally present a dense assemblage of straight ,
succulent ...
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Էջ 53 - An act to encourage the importation of pig and bar iron from His Majesty's colonies in America; and to prevent the erection of any mill or other engine for slitting or rolling of iron; or any plating forge to work with a tilt hammer, or any furnace for making steel, in any of the said colonies, 1749.
Էջ 53 - WE do therefore hereby farther ordain, that from and after the Date hereof, no Mill or other Engine for Slitting or Rolling of Iron, or any Plating Forge to work with a Tilt-Hammer, or any Furnace for making Steel...
Էջ 208 - Company, and their successors, the sole trade and commerce of all those seas, straits, bays, rivers, lakes, creeks and sounds, in whatsoever latitude they shall be, that lie within the entrance of the straits commonly called Hudson's Straits, together with all the lands and territories upon the countries, coasts, and confines of the seas, bays, lakes, rivers, creeks, and sounds aforesaid, that are not already actually possessed by or granted to any of our subjects, or possessed by the subjects of...
Էջ 208 - YIELDING AND PAYING yearly to us, our heirs and successors, ' for the same, two elks and two black beavers, whensoever and as often as we, our heirs and successors, shall happen to enter into the said countries, territories and regions hereby granted...
Էջ 53 - Baltic are so nice, they even expect to be paid all in crown pieces. On the contrary, all the iron they receive from the plantations, they pay for it in their own manufactures, and send for it in their own shipping.
Էջ 188 - The General Mining Association, as tenants of the Crown, and of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York, are lessees of all the mines and minerals of every description in the province of Nova Scotia Proper, and in the island and county of Cape Breton.
Էջ 199 - The Sydney mines are situated on the north-west entrance, of Spanish River, or Sydney harbour, a harbour equal, if not superior, to any in British America, and which is accessible in all winds. It is here that the most extensive operations of the Association are carried on.
Էջ 173 - ... Prairies is exceedingly diversified. Along the eastern border, especially towards the north, there is an abundance of limestone, interspersed with sandstone, slate, and many extensive beds of bituminous coal. The coal is particularly abundant in some of the regions bordering the Neosho river ; where there are also said to be a few singular bituminous or ' tar springs,' as they, are sometimes called by the hunters. There are also many other mineral, and particularly sulphur springs, to be met...
Էջ xli - ... however favorably situated in other respects, not plentifully supplied with this mineral, need hope to rival those that are, in most branches of manufacturing industry.
Էջ 30 - Apalachian mountains, being in fact the end or termination only of the great ridges passing through the continent. European geographers, however, extended the name northwardly as far as the mountains extended ; some giving it, after their separation into different ridges, to the Blue Ridge, others to the North Mountain, others to the Alleghany, others to the Laurel Ridge, as may be seen by their different maps.
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| Վերնագիր | Statistics of Coal |
| Հեղինակ | Richard Cowling Taylor |
| Հրատարակիչ | J.W. Moore, 1848 |
| Original from | Միչիգանի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 7 Սեպտեմբեր 2007 |
| Length | 754 էջ |
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