Mental Improvement: Or, The Beauties and Wonders of Nature and Art. In a Series of Instructive ConversationsHarvey and Darton, Gracechurch-Street, 1828 - 243 páginas |
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... ... ....... Silver 219 CONVERSATION XXVII . Of the Imperfect Metals 224 Copper 225 Brass 228 Iron and Steel 231 Tin Pewter and Lead Black Lead 236 239 244 MENTAL IMPROVEMENT , & c . CONVERSATION XVI . OF iv CONTENTS .
... ... ....... Silver 219 CONVERSATION XXVII . Of the Imperfect Metals 224 Copper 225 Brass 228 Iron and Steel 231 Tin Pewter and Lead Black Lead 236 239 244 MENTAL IMPROVEMENT , & c . CONVERSATION XVI . OF iv CONTENTS .
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... silver , and other metals . The colours require to be very nicely ground , and mixed well together , adding a proper quantity of the matter of plain enamel . This mixture , when incorporated into one mass by the heat of a furnace , is ...
... silver , and other metals . The colours require to be very nicely ground , and mixed well together , adding a proper quantity of the matter of plain enamel . This mixture , when incorporated into one mass by the heat of a furnace , is ...
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... silver , and copper , that are now current in Great Britain . HENRY . In gold , we have double sove- reigns , sovereigns , and half sovereigns , gui- neas , half guineas , quarter guineas , and seven- shilling - pieces ; in silver ...
... silver , and copper , that are now current in Great Britain . HENRY . In gold , we have double sove- reigns , sovereigns , and half sovereigns , gui- neas , half guineas , quarter guineas , and seven- shilling - pieces ; in silver ...
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... silver , or copper , as this article . * MR . HARCOURT . Gold in England is the only standard of value , but in other parts of Europe silver is the standard . If a gentleman purchase an estate , the law of this country compels a payment ...
... silver , or copper , as this article . * MR . HARCOURT . Gold in England is the only standard of value , but in other parts of Europe silver is the standard . If a gentleman purchase an estate , the law of this country compels a payment ...
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... silver , by Edward the First , in 1280. The coinage of gold was not generally adopted by the states of Europe before the year 1320 , when it was introduced into England by Edward the Third . CHARLES . I suppose the discovery of the ...
... silver , by Edward the First , in 1280. The coinage of gold was not generally adopted by the states of Europe before the year 1320 , when it was introduced into England by Edward the Third . CHARLES . I suppose the discovery of the ...
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Página 136 - Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head...
Página 136 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Página 37 - The tea leaves, being gathered, are cured in houses which contain from five to ten or twenty small furnaces, about three feet high, each having at the top a large, flat, iron pan. There is also a long, low table, covered with mats, on which the leaves are laid, and rolled by workmen, who sit round it. The iron pan being heated to a certain degree by a little fire made in the furnace underneath, a few pounds of the...
Página 156 - He was a very merops apiaster, or bee-bird, and very injurious to men that kept bees; for he would slide into their bee-gardens, and, sitting down before the stools, would rap with his finger on the hives, and so take the bees as they came out. He has been known to overturn hives for the sake of honey, of which he was passionately fond.
Página 133 - They have besides a small line fastened to the body of the adventurer, by which he gives signals that they may lower or raise him, or shift him from place to place. The last operation is attended with great danger, by the...
Página 80 - Has roll'da mighty world, or shin'da sun : Stupendous thought ! how sinks all human race ! A point, an atom in the field of space ! Yet ev'n to us, O LORD, thy care extends, Thy bounty feeds us, and thy pow'r defends ; Yet...
Página 38 - ... of their hands in one direction, while others are fanning them, that they may cool the more speedily, and retain their curl the longer.
Página 38 - ... are fanning them, that they may cool the more speedily, and retain their curl the longer. This process is repeated two or three times, or oftener, before the tea is put into the stores, in order that all the moisture of the leaves may be thoroughly dissipated, and their curl more completely preserved.
Página 181 - ... in that identical spot, whether it be in* a tree or in the crevice of a rock, or, as is most commonly the case, in the earth.