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... Heat 431 Organick Remains 430 Algebra 104 Hunt at Gazypoor 462 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY- Abacus 110 Interiour of a Windmill 143 Antipathy of the Rattlesnake to the White - Ash Independence Bell 155 Water Springs , & c . Atmosphere 62 , 96 142 ...
... Heat 431 Organick Remains 430 Algebra 104 Hunt at Gazypoor 462 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY- Abacus 110 Interiour of a Windmill 143 Antipathy of the Rattlesnake to the White - Ash Independence Bell 155 Water Springs , & c . Atmosphere 62 , 96 142 ...
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... heat . It burns with a faint blue there are some doubts respecting its nature . light , at a temperature of about 180 ° or 190 ° ; and the evolution of heat is so small , that it may be burn- ed out of gunpowder , of which it is one of ...
... heat . It burns with a faint blue there are some doubts respecting its nature . light , at a temperature of about 180 ° or 190 ° ; and the evolution of heat is so small , that it may be burn- ed out of gunpowder , of which it is one of ...
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... heat , a place of unendurable privation . It is only the most heinous offenders that are doom- Boodhists themselves do not deny , as they admit that the latter religion was in full operation when their Boodhoo appeared to revive their ...
... heat , a place of unendurable privation . It is only the most heinous offenders that are doom- Boodhists themselves do not deny , as they admit that the latter religion was in full operation when their Boodhoo appeared to revive their ...
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... heat , it expands proportion to the velocity of the circulation . What and assumes the gaseous state called steam . When is commonly called the pulse , is the alternate action this state , it is extremely light and expansive , like of ...
... heat , it expands proportion to the velocity of the circulation . What and assumes the gaseous state called steam . When is commonly called the pulse , is the alternate action this state , it is extremely light and expansive , like of ...
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... heat had killed them . Washing- of the scenery , and the seclusion of its situation ton afterwards passed on to Morristown , and the would amply repay any individual for his time and highlands of the Hudson . · trouble in visiting one ...
... heat had killed them . Washing- of the scenery , and the seclusion of its situation ton afterwards passed on to Morristown , and the would amply repay any individual for his time and highlands of the Hudson . · trouble in visiting one ...
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