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... Steam . Steam - engine . Caloric or heat . Cur- Reasons for fires not drawing well . Smell of soot in warm weather . Land and sea breezes of tropical climates . Circulation of air . Bright tea - pots better than dull ones . Woollen a ...
... Steam . Steam - engine . Caloric or heat . Cur- Reasons for fires not drawing well . Smell of soot in warm weather . Land and sea breezes of tropical climates . Circulation of air . Bright tea - pots better than dull ones . Woollen a ...
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... steam which comes from the spout of a tea - kettle , or , as we may have frequently observed on cold - water jugs , or other glasses , when brought into a warm room . This condensed vapour would have run down the window in the form of ...
... steam which comes from the spout of a tea - kettle , or , as we may have frequently observed on cold - water jugs , or other glasses , when brought into a warm room . This condensed vapour would have run down the window in the form of ...
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... steam ; it therefore unites with soap , for it does not contain any chemical ingredient to decompose it . Whilst speaking of the properties of hard and soft water in dissolving soap , we are forcibly reminded of our early days , and the ...
... steam ; it therefore unites with soap , for it does not contain any chemical ingredient to decompose it . Whilst speaking of the properties of hard and soft water in dissolving soap , we are forcibly reminded of our early days , and the ...
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... steam , afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air . " - DARWIN . THE prophetic fancy of the poet - for it must be remembered that the above lines ...
... steam , afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air . " - DARWIN . THE prophetic fancy of the poet - for it must be remembered that the above lines ...
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... steam , whose giant arm is so wonderfully em- ployed in changing the face of the universe , and connecting the remotest corners of the globe by its expansive powers , or , in other words , - " To give the pole the produce of the sun ...
... steam , whose giant arm is so wonderfully em- ployed in changing the face of the universe , and connecting the remotest corners of the globe by its expansive powers , or , in other words , - " To give the pole the produce of the sun ...
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