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Page 34
... amount of sulphur is used to produce mere vulcanization two ounces to the pound of rubber is sufficient ; but to make hard india - rubber , or ebonite , as the Messrs . Silver term their preparation of it , as much as two of sulphur to ...
... amount of sulphur is used to produce mere vulcanization two ounces to the pound of rubber is sufficient ; but to make hard india - rubber , or ebonite , as the Messrs . Silver term their preparation of it , as much as two of sulphur to ...
Page 47
... amount of curiosity it would create , especially as the query was repeated from week to week ; and Dickens did not think it beneath him to profit by the hint when he posted the walls last Christ- mas with " Somebody's Luggage . " We ...
... amount of curiosity it would create , especially as the query was repeated from week to week ; and Dickens did not think it beneath him to profit by the hint when he posted the walls last Christ- mas with " Somebody's Luggage . " We ...
Page 55
... amount of intelligence is thus at the service of the coroner . you , " The first case gone into was rather complex . Alexander , a greengrocer , coming home drunk , fell down the stairs and broke his leg . He had been an habitual ...
... amount of intelligence is thus at the service of the coroner . you , " The first case gone into was rather complex . Alexander , a greengrocer , coming home drunk , fell down the stairs and broke his leg . He had been an habitual ...
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... burial order , and hence the inquest . Coroners in the metropolitan district are more than usually critical in cases of illegitimate children , in consequence of the fearful amount of infanticide A DAY WITH THE CORONER . 61.
... burial order , and hence the inquest . Coroners in the metropolitan district are more than usually critical in cases of illegitimate children , in consequence of the fearful amount of infanticide A DAY WITH THE CORONER . 61.
Page 62
Andrew Wynter. children , in consequence of the fearful amount of infanticide prevalent in such cases . I remember the late coroner giving it as his opinion that a fearful amount of children were cunningly got rid of at the moment of ...
Andrew Wynter. children , in consequence of the fearful amount of infanticide prevalent in such cases . I remember the late coroner giving it as his opinion that a fearful amount of children were cunningly got rid of at the moment of ...
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