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... quantity made in this country amounted to about 600,000 tons , in consequence of reading a petition to the Houses of Parliament in 1750 against a Bill for encouraging the Importation of Iron from our American Colonies . It was from ...
... quantity made in this country amounted to about 600,000 tons , in consequence of reading a petition to the Houses of Parliament in 1750 against a Bill for encouraging the Importation of Iron from our American Colonies . It was from ...
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... quantity of charcoal , which was brought ready burnt from the woods ; over this was laid a stratum of ironstone and then another of charcoal , and so on until the furnace was quite full . The fire was applied through one of the tubes ...
... quantity of charcoal , which was brought ready burnt from the woods ; over this was laid a stratum of ironstone and then another of charcoal , and so on until the furnace was quite full . The fire was applied through one of the tubes ...
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... quantities , that it was consequently made into money and ornamental articles . Cæsar's first stay was about three weeks ; his second about four months ; in both which ( his narrative shows ) his constant care and attention were ...
... quantities , that it was consequently made into money and ornamental articles . Cæsar's first stay was about three weeks ; his second about four months ; in both which ( his narrative shows ) his constant care and attention were ...
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... quantity re- quired was thirty - six dicars of iron - a dicar , containing ten bars , and one hundred iron rods for ... quantities of iron and steel which they imported , and sold at a place called the steel - yard . The art of making ...
... quantity re- quired was thirty - six dicars of iron - a dicar , containing ten bars , and one hundred iron rods for ... quantities of iron and steel which they imported , and sold at a place called the steel - yard . The art of making ...
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... quantity to the king ; and the magistrates were empowered to regulate the selling price and to punish those who sold at too dear a rate , according to the extent of the transaction . Although the art of forging iron had been so long ...
... quantity to the king ; and the magistrates were empowered to regulate the selling price and to punish those who sold at too dear a rate , according to the extent of the transaction . Although the art of forging iron had been so long ...
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