Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections and Maps Founded on Astronomical Observations and Trigonometrical and Barometrical Measurements, Հատոր 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 |
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Արդյունքներ 51–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 104
... iron , copper , lead , and a great number of other mineral substances , indispensible 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 , indispensible 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 ...
Էջ 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 . XI . ] 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 . XI . ] 105 ...
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... iron rose from 20 francs the quintal to 240 , and steel from 80 francs to 1300. In those times , when there is a total stagnation of foreign commerce , the Mexican industry is awakened for a time , and they then begin to manufacture ...
... iron rose from 20 francs the quintal to 240 , and steel from 80 francs to 1300. In those times , when there is a total stagnation of foreign commerce , the Mexican industry is awakened for a time , and they then begin to manufacture ...
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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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Political essay on the kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 3 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1811 |
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Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections ..., Հատոր 3 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1822 |
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