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Page 65
This Dr. Percy has most satisfactorily accomplished in the admirable work on
Metallurgy now before us , which is at once an elaborate exposition of one of the
most important practical sciences and a monument of his own eminent scientific ...
This Dr. Percy has most satisfactorily accomplished in the admirable work on
Metallurgy now before us , which is at once an elaborate exposition of one of the
most important practical sciences and a monument of his own eminent scientific ...
Page 66
... work as early as 1555 — the year in which it first appeared - indicates the
importance then attached to mining operations in Germany , and the interest with
which they were studied . Indeed , as Dr . Percy observes , we are probably
indebted ...
... work as early as 1555 — the year in which it first appeared - indicates the
importance then attached to mining operations in Germany , and the interest with
which they were studied . Indeed , as Dr . Percy observes , we are probably
indebted ...
Page 68
While the Germans were actively employed among us as miners from an early
period , they also started many important branches of manufactures in metal .
One Christopher Schutze , from Annaburg , in Saxony , besides being extensively
...
While the Germans were actively employed among us as miners from an early
period , they also started many important branches of manufactures in metal .
One Christopher Schutze , from Annaburg , in Saxony , besides being extensively
...
Page 69
... and various articles of foreign manufacture . All that remains of this once
important class of tradesmen is but their name of ' milliner , ' which is still applied
to dealers in ladies ' caps and bonnets . To carry on the extensive business
connected ...
... and various articles of foreign manufacture . All that remains of this once
important class of tradesmen is but their name of ' milliner , ' which is still applied
to dealers in ladies ' caps and bonnets . To carry on the extensive business
connected ...
Page 73
Of all the compounds of iron , ' says Dr. Percy , ' none are to be compared with
those of carbon in practical importance ; and , in a scientific point of view , none
possess greater interest . The influence of this element in causing variation in the
...
Of all the compounds of iron , ' says Dr. Percy , ' none are to be compared with
those of carbon in practical importance ; and , in a scientific point of view , none
possess greater interest . The influence of this element in causing variation in the
...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Sir John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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