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... kind of box of Autolycus , under charge of the foreman of the excavators . The labourer was digging away like a machine , and taking as much interest in his work . As he shovelled up some fragments of pottery I remarked : " There seems ...
... kind of box of Autolycus , under charge of the foreman of the excavators . The labourer was digging away like a machine , and taking as much interest in his work . As he shovelled up some fragments of pottery I remarked : " There seems ...
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... kind of instinct . We all remember , during " map days , " how the india - rubber , too often called into requisition , grew hot and crumbled , and as the pieces broke off , how they found their way into the mouth to undergo the process ...
... kind of instinct . We all remember , during " map days , " how the india - rubber , too often called into requisition , grew hot and crumbled , and as the pieces broke off , how they found their way into the mouth to undergo the process ...
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... this valuable material . The india- rubber as imported takes the form of bottles , and there is a kind known as negro - head , possibly because when cut open it presents an appearance somewhat like that 66 29 SILVERTOWN . "
... this valuable material . The india- rubber as imported takes the form of bottles , and there is a kind known as negro - head , possibly because when cut open it presents an appearance somewhat like that 66 29 SILVERTOWN . "
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... kind of calendering apparatus , heated by steam , and operating upon the lumps of rubber as the boy's grinders do . You see the big lumps drawn in between the smooth cylinders , apparently the most obstinate , indigestible ...
... kind of calendering apparatus , heated by steam , and operating upon the lumps of rubber as the boy's grinders do . You see the big lumps drawn in between the smooth cylinders , apparently the most obstinate , indigestible ...
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... kind of which waterproof garments are manufactured , is made by masticating , and mixing sulphur in the proportion of two ounces to a pound of the rubber , and then dissolving it to the consistency of dough by the admixture of naphtha ...
... kind of which waterproof garments are manufactured , is made by masticating , and mixing sulphur in the proportion of two ounces to a pound of the rubber , and then dissolving it to the consistency of dough by the admixture of naphtha ...
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