The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published, Band 6B. F. Stevens, 1882 |
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... half moist and half dry . This being buried three or four feet under ground , in six or seven hours time , will have a prodigious effect ; the earth will begin to tremble , crack , and smoke , and fire and flame burst through . Such is ...
... half moist and half dry . This being buried three or four feet under ground , in six or seven hours time , will have a prodigious effect ; the earth will begin to tremble , crack , and smoke , and fire and flame burst through . Such is ...
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... half a mile from its place . Of all wells , from one fathom to six or seven , the water flew out at the top with a vehement motion . While the houses on the one side of the street were swallowed up , on the other they were thrown on ...
... half a mile from its place . Of all wells , from one fathom to six or seven , the water flew out at the top with a vehement motion . While the houses on the one side of the street were swallowed up , on the other they were thrown on ...
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... half their length seems sufficient . Their sides must be so equal and smooth as to leave no va- cuity between them when joined . There must like- wise be a sufficient number of each letter or character to compose at least one page in ...
... half their length seems sufficient . Their sides must be so equal and smooth as to leave no va- cuity between them when joined . There must like- wise be a sufficient number of each letter or character to compose at least one page in ...
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... half an inch high ; a profile of two of them , joined to a fragment of plate , appears in Figure 3 . ( ii ) The back plate is without holes , having only a pair of ledges on each side , to receive the back edges of the two ( iii , iii ) ...
... half an inch high ; a profile of two of them , joined to a fragment of plate , appears in Figure 3 . ( ii ) The back plate is without holes , having only a pair of ledges on each side , to receive the back edges of the two ( iii , iii ) ...
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... half . ( vii ) The shutter is of thin wrought iron and light , of such a length and breadth as to close well the open- ing of the fire - place . It is used to blow up the fire , and to shut up and secure it at nights . It has two brass ...
... half . ( vii ) The shutter is of thin wrought iron and light , of such a length and breadth as to close well the open- ing of the fire - place . It is used to blow up the fire , and to shut up and secure it at nights . It has two brass ...
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