Silver Mines and Incidents of Travel: Letters and Notes on Sea and LandT. Wilson, printer, 1893 - 314 páginas |
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... containing 50 to 75 per cent . of iron confront each other , many of them being of more than 1,000 tons weight . Specks of crystalized quartz , and pieces of chalcedony are found among cubes of iron , and in the quebrada or ravine I ...
... containing 50 to 75 per cent . of iron confront each other , many of them being of more than 1,000 tons weight . Specks of crystalized quartz , and pieces of chalcedony are found among cubes of iron , and in the quebrada or ravine I ...
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... contain , but for the facts in science which they llustrate . ECONOMY OF WORKING . This hill is termed a Manto , the ore - bearing strata being horizontal ; every square foot on which you tread seems to contain silver , yet under the ...
... contain , but for the facts in science which they llustrate . ECONOMY OF WORKING . This hill is termed a Manto , the ore - bearing strata being horizontal ; every square foot on which you tread seems to contain silver , yet under the ...
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... contain- these colours extend in long horizontal lines and also in circles of considerable diameter , set out in the prismatic shades of the rainbow , beautiful as an elevated mountain heath adorned with the hues of autumn . OPTICAL ...
... contain- these colours extend in long horizontal lines and also in circles of considerable diameter , set out in the prismatic shades of the rainbow , beautiful as an elevated mountain heath adorned with the hues of autumn . OPTICAL ...
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... containing considerable silver , but not enough to repay present cost of reduction in Chili , is therefore thrown outside the mine . The declivity being frequently more than 45 ° , and the allotments small , walls are built to defend ...
... containing considerable silver , but not enough to repay present cost of reduction in Chili , is therefore thrown outside the mine . The declivity being frequently more than 45 ° , and the allotments small , walls are built to defend ...
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... containing more magnesia and clay than is found in the superior strata , and is 30 to 40 varas deep . MAGNESIUM LIGHT . Speaking of magnesian limestone suggests the interesting discovery lately made by Mr. Sonstadt for manufacturing the ...
... containing more magnesia and clay than is found in the superior strata , and is 30 to 40 varas deep . MAGNESIUM LIGHT . Speaking of magnesian limestone suggests the interesting discovery lately made by Mr. Sonstadt for manufacturing the ...
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Página 297 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Página 63 - He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretyship is sure.
Página 181 - ... intention to injure us. We ought rather to meet the anticipated danger by a diligent cultivation, and prudent management, of our own resources. We ought to conciliate the respect and good will of other nations, and secure their assistance in case of need, by the benevolence and justice of our conduct. War is not to be resorted to without absolute necessity, nor unless peace would be more dangerous, and more miserable, than war itself.
Página 153 - ... heats it again, and but for your awnings, and the little air put in circulation by the continual flapping of the ship's sails, it would be almost insufferable. No person who has not crossed this region can form an adequate idea of its unpleasant effects.
Página 153 - ... of the ship's sails, it would be almost insufferable. No person who has not crossed this region can form an adequate idea of its unpleasant effects. You feel a degree of lassitude unconquerable, which not even the sea-bathing, which everywhere else proves so salutary and renovating, can dispel. Except when in actual danger of shipwreck, I never spent twelve more disagreeable days in the professional part of my life, than in these calm latitudes.
Página 181 - ... individual member of a state, is a just cause of war, if redress be refused, but a nation is not bound to go to war on so slight a foundation ; for it may of itself grant indemnity to the injured party, and if this cannot be done, yet the good of the whole is to be preferred to the welfare of a part.b Every milder method of redress is to be tried, before the nation makes an appeal to arms ; and this is the sage and moral precept of the writers on natural law.
Página 153 - ... flapping of the ship's sails, it would be almost insufferable. No person who has not crossed this region can form an adequate idea of its unpleasant effects. You feel a degree of lassitude unconquerable, which not even the sea-bathing, which every where else proves so salutary and renovating, can dispel.
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