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... 000 acres , one half of which is uninclosed waste land , affording a scanty
pasturage for a miserable breed of sheep and goats ; but which , by drainage and
judicious cultivation , might , without doubt , be much improved . The other portion
of ...
... 000 acres , one half of which is uninclosed waste land , affording a scanty
pasturage for a miserable breed of sheep and goats ; but which , by drainage and
judicious cultivation , might , without doubt , be much improved . The other portion
of ...
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Mr . Scobell , of Nancealverne , near the Land ' s End , communicated to the
author a singular practice which the farmers in his neighbourhood pursued with
evident advantage , that of actually dressing their sterile lands with the
comminuted ...
Mr . Scobell , of Nancealverne , near the Land ' s End , communicated to the
author a singular practice which the farmers in his neighbourhood pursued with
evident advantage , that of actually dressing their sterile lands with the
comminuted ...
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dressing their sterile lands with the comminuted fragments of decomposing
granite . ... which being principally composed of siliceous earth and the oxide of
iron , forms of itself very unproductive land ; but that , fortunately , in many
situations , it ...
dressing their sterile lands with the comminuted fragments of decomposing
granite . ... which being principally composed of siliceous earth and the oxide of
iron , forms of itself very unproductive land ; but that , fortunately , in many
situations , it ...
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changed from a parched and useless heath to arable and productive land . “ A
most interesting illustration of the above views seems to be presented in an
extraordinary fact lately discovered in the county of Cornwall , respecting the
increased ...
changed from a parched and useless heath to arable and productive land . “ A
most interesting illustration of the above views seems to be presented in an
extraordinary fact lately discovered in the county of Cornwall , respecting the
increased ...
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The sea and land breezes which occur in the islands of the torrid zone , very
strikingly illustrate the position laid down in the text , and afford a good
explanation of the manner in which winds may be occasioned by a change of
temperature in ...
The sea and land breezes which occur in the islands of the torrid zone , very
strikingly illustrate the position laid down in the text , and afford a good
explanation of the manner in which winds may be occasioned by a change of
temperature in ...
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Página 132 - ... time that the axle describes a small one, therefore the power is increased in the same proportion as the circumference of the wheel is greater than that of the axle. If the velocity of the wheel is...
Página 81 - Gunpowder, hoping by a sudden movement to give his companion the slip; but the spectre started full jump with him. Away, then, they dashed through thick and thin, stones flying and sparks flashing at every bound. Ichabod's flimsy garments fluttered in the air as he stretched his long lank body away over his horse's head in the eagerness of his flight.
Página 190 - ... resolved to remove his body into the choir, which was to have been done with solemn procession on the 15th of July. It rained, however, so violently...