A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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... wood , iron , leather , or cloth , show a very low state of the useful arts . I re- member Hamburgh forty years ago , and it strikes me now , that there has been very little change or improvement during that time , compared at least ...
... wood , iron , leather , or cloth , show a very low state of the useful arts . I re- member Hamburgh forty years ago , and it strikes me now , that there has been very little change or improvement during that time , compared at least ...
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... wood , or faced with stones taken from the field . These stones strike the eye as strangers in the country , for they are rounded masses of gneiss , granite , hornblende , and other primary rock , and the ground rock where it can be ...
... wood , or faced with stones taken from the field . These stones strike the eye as strangers in the country , for they are rounded masses of gneiss , granite , hornblende , and other primary rock , and the ground rock where it can be ...
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... wood through which it trickles into reservoirs below . The eva- poration of the water descending , drop by drop , through the brushwood for such a space , concen- trates the solution , so that fuel is only required for the ...
... wood through which it trickles into reservoirs below . The eva- poration of the water descending , drop by drop , through the brushwood for such a space , concen- trates the solution , so that fuel is only required for the ...
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... wood which had an iron eye at each end . Iron rods pass through these eyes , as in connecting two light harrows with us , so that each row of tines plays upon an iron rod , and be the land or rig ever so much heaped up , rounded , or ...
... wood which had an iron eye at each end . Iron rods pass through these eyes , as in connecting two light harrows with us , so that each row of tines plays upon an iron rod , and be the land or rig ever so much heaped up , rounded , or ...
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... wood nailed lengthwise upon it , at the distance of half an inch from each other . The field rolled with this implement , is crimped into little ridges , like a lady's frill . This is good husbandry . All the benefit of compressing the ...
... wood nailed lengthwise upon it , at the distance of half an inch from each other . The field rolled with this implement , is crimped into little ridges , like a lady's frill . This is good husbandry . All the benefit of compressing the ...
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