The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 70
For a long time nearly the whole foreign trade of the country was conducted by
these Steelyard merchants , who bought up and exported our English wool , and
imported foreign iron and steel , besides metal wares of all kinds , paying the ...
For a long time nearly the whole foreign trade of the country was conducted by
these Steelyard merchants , who bought up and exported our English wool , and
imported foreign iron and steel , besides metal wares of all kinds , paying the ...
Page 73
The great value of iron compared with other metals , consists in the immense
variety of uses to which it is capable of being ... Without carbon the manifold uses
of iron would be greatly restricted ; and , so far as is yet known , no other metal or
...
The great value of iron compared with other metals , consists in the immense
variety of uses to which it is capable of being ... Without carbon the manifold uses
of iron would be greatly restricted ; and , so far as is yet known , no other metal or
...
Page 74
qualities of this wonderful metal . Ours is emphatically the iron age ; and it may be
confidently asserted that no other element has contributed so largely to the
civilisation and happiness , and may we not also add , paradoxical as it may
seem ...
qualities of this wonderful metal . Ours is emphatically the iron age ; and it may be
confidently asserted that no other element has contributed so largely to the
civilisation and happiness , and may we not also add , paradoxical as it may
seem ...
Page 75
This is subjected to a tedious process of repeated heatings and hammerings ,
until at last , by patience and labour , a very excellent piece of metal is obtained .
The process adopted by the natives of Hindostan , of Madagascar , and Borneo ,
is ...
This is subjected to a tedious process of repeated heatings and hammerings ,
until at last , by patience and labour , a very excellent piece of metal is obtained .
The process adopted by the natives of Hindostan , of Madagascar , and Borneo ,
is ...
Page 76
the use of both metals . Mr . Rhind found in the ... The metal seems to be almost
wholly converted into oxide , yet sufficient remains strongly to attract the magnetic
needle ; that is supposing no magnetic ozide of iron to be present . There is no ...
the use of both metals . Mr . Rhind found in the ... The metal seems to be almost
wholly converted into oxide , yet sufficient remains strongly to attract the magnetic
needle ; that is supposing no magnetic ozide of iron to be present . There is no ...
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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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