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Page xxx
... Lignite . Jet . Dysodile . Mineral Oils and Resins . Middletonite . Anthracoxene . Pyropissite . Phylloretine . Ozokerite . Hatchettine . Idrialine . Tekoretine . Scheererite . Könlite . Könleinite . Baikerite . Fichtelite ...
... Lignite . Jet . Dysodile . Mineral Oils and Resins . Middletonite . Anthracoxene . Pyropissite . Phylloretine . Ozokerite . Hatchettine . Idrialine . Tekoretine . Scheererite . Könlite . Könleinite . Baikerite . Fichtelite ...
Page xliii
... Lignite , Mellite , Amber , Ozocerite , Hatchettine , & c . c . SULPHUR , and its compounds . d . HALOIDS and SALTS . Common or Rock Salt , Boracic acid , Alum , Cryolite , Nitrate of potash . Barytes , Strontia , Witherite . Gypsum ...
... Lignite , Mellite , Amber , Ozocerite , Hatchettine , & c . c . SULPHUR , and its compounds . d . HALOIDS and SALTS . Common or Rock Salt , Boracic acid , Alum , Cryolite , Nitrate of potash . Barytes , Strontia , Witherite . Gypsum ...
Page xlvii
... lignite " read " with Brown Coal and Lignite . " 14 , column 2 , line 25 from bottom : for " potash " read " alumina . " 21 , column 1 , line 10 from top : for " Sb " read " Sb . " 26 , column 2 , line 7 from bottom : for " Elæ- otite ...
... lignite " read " with Brown Coal and Lignite . " 14 , column 2 , line 25 from bottom : for " potash " read " alumina . " 21 , column 1 , line 10 from top : for " Sb " read " Sb . " 26 , column 2 , line 7 from bottom : for " Elæ- otite ...
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... lignite deposits of the Aisne , and occasionally on the sea - coasts of Norfolk , Essex , Sussex , and Kent . It oc- curs in sand at Kensington , near London ; in Ireland on the coast at Howth , near Dublin ; at Craignashoke , in Ulster ...
... lignite deposits of the Aisne , and occasionally on the sea - coasts of Norfolk , Essex , Sussex , and Kent . It oc- curs in sand at Kensington , near London ; in Ireland on the coast at Howth , near Dublin ; at Craignashoke , in Ulster ...
Page 14
... lignite containing Iron- pyrites , or any other aluminous mineral im- pregnated with sulphide of iron , or by treating clay with sulphuric acid with de- composing urine ( which contains ammonia- cal salts ) . The ammonia - alum then ...
... lignite containing Iron- pyrites , or any other aluminous mineral im- pregnated with sulphide of iron , or by treating clay with sulphuric acid with de- composing urine ( which contains ammonia- cal salts ) . The ammonia - alum then ...
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Alumina Analysis antimony arsenic Barytes BB fuses BB on charcoal Beudant blue Bohemia borax Breithaupt Brit Brittle Brochant brown carbonate cerium cleavage Coal cobalt colourless Comp conchoidal Cornwall Crown 8vo crystals Dana Dufrénoy earthy Felspar fibrous flame Fracture conchoidal Fracture uneven Garnet glass globule granular green grey Haidinger Harz Hausmann Haüy Hornblende Huel intumescence Jameson Kirwan Kobell lead Lime Magnesia Localities Lustre Lustre vitreous M. P. G. Horse-shoe M. P. G. Principal Floor Magnesia manganese masses mineral Mohs muriatic acid name given nickel Nicol nitric acid octahedrons opaque Oxide Oxide of copper pearly Peroxide of iron Phillips Phosphoric acid Potash primary form Protoxide of iron Protoxide of manganese Pyrites Quartz resembling resinous rhombic prism RHOMBOHEDRAL rocks Saxony Silica Silica Alumina Peroxide silver Soda Soluble sometimes SPAR stone Streak white sulphate sulphuric acid Tellurium Titanic acid Topaz translucent transparent variety Wall-case Water Werner yellow yellowish
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