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... second degree of goodness may be placed the Parthian iron . And setting aside these two countries , I know not where there be any bars or gads tempered of fine and pure steel , indeed ; for all the rest have a mixture of iron more or ...
... second degree of goodness may be placed the Parthian iron . And setting aside these two countries , I know not where there be any bars or gads tempered of fine and pure steel , indeed ; for all the rest have a mixture of iron more or ...
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... second night some of the tubes were withdrawn , and the air allowed to have free access to the furnace , but the heat was still very great , and a bluish flame rose some feet above the top of the furnace . On the third day , from the ...
... second night some of the tubes were withdrawn , and the air allowed to have free access to the furnace , but the heat was still very great , and a bluish flame rose some feet above the top of the furnace . On the third day , from the ...
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... second about four months ; in both which ( his narrative shows ) his constant care and attention were requisite to maintain his footing , and he never extended his personal inspection far into the country , not beyond Verulam . ‡ Bri ...
... second about four months ; in both which ( his narrative shows ) his constant care and attention were requisite to maintain his footing , and he never extended his personal inspection far into the country , not beyond Verulam . ‡ Bri ...
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... second century , the army smiths were created into companies , each governed by its own president or head , denominated the primicerius . That the employment of these bodies was to make arms for the use of the legion or legions to which ...
... second century , the army smiths were created into companies , each governed by its own president or head , denominated the primicerius . That the employment of these bodies was to make arms for the use of the legion or legions to which ...
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... Second ) , iron mines were so scarce , that the Scots , in a predatory ex- pedition which they made in that year , met with no iron worth their notice until they came to Furness , in Lancashire , where they seized all the manufactured ...
... Second ) , iron mines were so scarce , that the Scots , in a predatory ex- pedition which they made in that year , met with no iron worth their notice until they came to Furness , in Lancashire , where they seized all the manufactured ...
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