The New International Encyclopaedia, Volumen9Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby Dodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... feet above sea - level , and sometimes attain a thickness of 500 feet . The veins , which have fur- nished the gold found in both the placers and high gravels , occupy fissures in slates , schists , and igneous rocks , and are , of ...
... feet above sea - level , and sometimes attain a thickness of 500 feet . The veins , which have fur- nished the gold found in both the placers and high gravels , occupy fissures in slates , schists , and igneous rocks , and are , of ...
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... feet long and 3 feet wide . By means of a strong stream of water flowing in at the upper end of the upper trough , the material is carried through both troughs , the gold being caught in the riffles of the lower box . Sluices consist of ...
... feet long and 3 feet wide . By means of a strong stream of water flowing in at the upper end of the upper trough , the material is carried through both troughs , the gold being caught in the riffles of the lower box . Sluices consist of ...
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... feet . A still greater degree of thinness may be obtained , but not profitably . A thinness has been attained of 367,500 leaves to the square inch , and a grain of gold is thus made to cover 52 square inches . After the last beating ...
... feet . A still greater degree of thinness may be obtained , but not profitably . A thinness has been attained of 367,500 leaves to the square inch , and a grain of gold is thus made to cover 52 square inches . After the last beating ...
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... feet in height ; a portico 3000 feet long ; and a ban- quet hall with a revolving ceiling of carved ivory representing the firmament . In other halls the ceilings dropped flowers and perfumes on the guests . The walls were incrusted ...
... feet in height ; a portico 3000 feet long ; and a ban- quet hall with a revolving ceiling of carved ivory representing the firmament . In other halls the ceilings dropped flowers and perfumes on the guests . The walls were incrusted ...
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... feet high ; the pinnated leaves 15 to 25 feet long . The flowers , in bunches 6 to 10 feet long , are succeeded by yellowish - brown , three - seeded , ex- tremely acid berries of the size of a small apple . The stem , when young , is ...
... feet high ; the pinnated leaves 15 to 25 feet long . The flowers , in bunches 6 to 10 feet long , are succeeded by yellowish - brown , three - seeded , ex- tremely acid berries of the size of a small apple . The stem , when young , is ...
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Página 36 - It is not right to profess and to purport to sell that which you do not mean the purchaser to have; it is not an honest thing to pocket the price and then to recapture the subject of sale; to decoy it away or call it back before the purchaser has had time to attach it to himself and make it his very own.